leptonemas

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A form of leptonema — The stage during meiosis Prophase 1 where the chromosomes condense after S-phase and interphase, resulting in the recombination of haploid chromosome pairs with sister chromatids held by a single non-dividing centromeres, and followed by the zygotene stage.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of leptonema

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Anagrams

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