English Explanatory Dictionary

pachytene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The third stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids.

Word forms

pachytene pachytenes

Etymology

From French pachytène, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

Synonyms

pachynema

Derived words

postpachytene
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