English Explanatory Dictionary

leptonema

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The stage during meiosis Prophase 1 where the chromosomes condense after S-phase and interphase, resulting in the recombination of haploid chromosome pairs with sister chromatids held by a single non-dividing centromeres, and followed by the zygotene stage.

Word forms

leptonema leptonemas

Etymology

From lepto- (“thin”) + -nema (“filiform structure”).

Synonyms

leptotene
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