Pachytene

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Noun
  1. 1
    The third stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids.
  2. 2
    the third stage of the prophase of meiosis wordnet

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meioticmeiotic phasemeiotic prophase i stagemeiotic stage

Etymology

From French pachytène, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

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