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English
Etymology
From a- + synapsis.
Noun
asynapsis (usually uncountable, plural asynapses)
- (biochemistry) The failure of synapsis during meiosis.
2015, Ninel A. Petrova et al., “Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and Malawi”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 9, →DOI:For example in the AB chromosome (Fig. 6a, b), homologous sections near the centromere were often situated nearby each other, due to asynapsis, and thus the area near the centromere appeared as a thickening.