preleptotene

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adjective

Prior to leptotene

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Meanings

adjectivepreleptotene (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrior to leptotene

    Fragments of laminin chains can act as biologically active peptides to perturb the blood–testis barrier (BTB) permeability function by accelerating protein endocytosis (e.g., occludin) at the site, thereby destabilizing the BTB integrity to facilitate the transit of preleptotene spermatocytes.

    2015 August 26, “A Catalog of Proteins Expressed in the AG Secreted Fluid during the Mature Phase of the Chinese Mitten Crabs ( Eriocheir sinensis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
nounpreleptotene (plural preleptotenes)

plural preleptotenes

  1. The phase of meiosis prior to leptotene; an organism in this phase

Origin

From pre- + leptotene.

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APA

preleptotene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preleptotene

MLA

“preleptotene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preleptotene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preleptotene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preleptotene.

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