zygotene
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French zygotène, corresponding to zyg- 'union, zygosis' (from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene 'filament' (from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)).
Coined by Victor Grégoire in 1907[1] and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.[2]
Noun[edit]
zygotene (plural zygotenes)
- (biology) The intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis
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Translations[edit]
pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
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References[edit]
- ^ "La formation des gemini hétérotypiques dans les végétaux." Grégoire, V. (1907), Cellule 24, 367-420: p371.
- ^ "Studies on chromosomes. VIII. Observations on the maturation‐phenomena in certain Hemiptera and other forms, with considerations on synapsis and reduction", Edmund B. Wilson, 5 October 1912, https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1400130302