zygotene
[zahy-guh-teen, zig-uh-]
- the second stage of prophase in meiosis, during which strands of homologous chromosomes line up and become pairs.
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zygotene
- the second stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes become associated in pairs (bivalents)
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zygotene
(zī′gə-tēn′)- The stage of meiotic prophase during which the precise point-for-point pairing of the homologous chromosomes begins.zygonema
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