diplotene
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Definition of diplotene
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate and chiasmata become visible
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Etymology
From French diplotène, corresponding to diplo- + -tene. Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
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