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leptotene

NOUN
  1. the first stage of the prophase of meiosis

How To Use leptotene In A Sentence

  • The bouquet forms at late leptotene and early zygotene and is coincident with chromosome pairing.
  • Meiotic prophase can be further divided into leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene, and diakinesis stages defined by the state of chromosome pairing and condensation.
  • Early meiotic stages, leptotene or zygotene, were observed.
  • The bouquet forms at late leptotene and early zygotene and is coincident with chromosome pairing.
  • That association presumably assists in pairing and is later lost during leptotene and replaced with a loose bouquet formation in zygotene.
  • Early recombination nodules are protein complexes 100 nm in diameter that are associated with forming synaptonemal complexes during leptotene and zygotene of meiosis.
  • Early meiotic stages, leptotene or zygotene, were observed.
  • That association presumably assists in pairing and is later lost during leptotene and replaced with a loose bouquet formation in zygotene.
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