ASYNAPSIS


Meaning of ASYNAPSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌā-sə-ˈnap-səs ]

noun

( plural asyn·ap·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin a- (II) + synapsis

Date: 1930

: failure of pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis

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