Usually means: Late stage of meiotic prophase.
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  1. diplotene: Merriam-Webster
  2. diplotene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diplotene: Collins English Dictionary
  4. diplotene: Vocabulary.com
  5. diplotene: Wordnik
  6. diplotene: Wiktionary
  7. diplotene: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. diplotene: Dictionary.com
  9. diplotene: Rhymezone
  10. diplotene: FreeDictionary.org
  11. diplotene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. diplotene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. diplotene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. diplotene: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. diplotene: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (diplotene)

noun:  (biology) The fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate and chiasmata become visible

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