diplonema

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Noun

diplonema (countable and uncountable, plural diplonemas)

  1. (biology) The diplotene stage of meiosis.
    • 1958, Caryologia: - Volume 10, page 420:
      However, a careful analysis of the diplonemas failed to reveal any sign of duplicity in the loops between the points of contact of the chromosomes, as well as chromatin strands passing from one side to the opposite one, what sometimes happens so characteristically when true chiasmata are present.

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