Usually means: Stage of pairing homologous chromosomes.
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  1. zygotene: Merriam-Webster
  2. zygotene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. zygotene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. zygotene: Collins English Dictionary
  5. zygotene: Vocabulary.com
  6. zygotene: Wiktionary
  7. zygotene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. zygotene: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. zygotene: Dictionary.com
  10. Zygotene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. zygotene: Rhymezone
  12. zygotene: FreeDictionary.org
  13. zygotene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. zygotene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. zygotene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. zygotene: 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. zygotene: Medical dictionary

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

Similar:
syzygy, desynapsis, diplotene, acrosyndesis, zygosis, synizesis, premeiosis, gametogony, syndesis, gametocytogenesis, more...

Opposite:
pachytene, diplotene, leptotene, prophase, metaphase

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Similar:
syzygy, desynapsis, diplotene, acrosyndesis, zygosis, synizesis, premeiosis, gametogony, syndesis, gametocytogenesis, more...

Opposite:
pachytene, diplotene, leptotene, prophase, metaphase



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