PAIRING


Meaning of PAIRING in English

/pair"ing/ , n.

1. a coupling.

2. Cell Biol. the lining up of the two homologous chromosomes or chromatids of each chromosome pair in meiosis or mitosis. Cf. base pairing .

[ 1605-15; PAIR + -ING 1 ]

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