Leptotene

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
  2. 2
    the first stage of the prophase of meiosis wordnet

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leptonema

Etymology

From French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (“thin”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

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