ZYGOTENE

zygotene

(noun) the second stage of the prophase of meiosis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

zygotene (plural zygotenes)

(biology) The intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis

Synonyms

• zygonema

Source: Wiktionary



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EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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