DIPLOTENE


Meaning of DIPLOTENE in English

/dip"leuh teen'/ , n. Cell Biol.

a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.

[ diplotène (1900); see DIPLO-, -TENE ]

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