ZYGOTENE


Meaning of ZYGOTENE in English

/zuy"geuh teen', zig"euh-/ , n. Cell Biol.

the second stage of prophase in meiosis, during which strands of homologous chromosomes line up and become pairs.

[ 1925-30; zygotène; see ZYGO-, -TENE ]

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