English Explanatory Dictionary

leptotene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes

Word forms

leptotene leptotenes

Etymology

From French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (“thin”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

Synonyms

leptonema

Derived words

leptotenic preleptotene
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