Synapsis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The side-by-side association of homologous paternal and maternal chromosomes during the first prophase of meiosis.
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  • n. The association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
  • n. Alternative form of synapse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as mitapsis.
  • n. The name originally applied by J. E. S. Moore, in 1892, to the contracted state of the nuclear skein occurring previous to the reduction of the chromosomes and to the formation of tetraspores, sperms, or eggs.
  • n. The anatomical connection between the processes or neuraxons of two or more nervecells.
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  • n. the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    biological process    organic process   
    Cross Reference
    late synapsis   
    Variant
    synapses   
     
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