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English
Etymology
From French zygotène, corresponding to zygo- (“union, zygosis”, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene (“filament”, from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)), equivalent to zygote + -tene.
Coined by Victor Grégoire in 1907[1] and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.[2]
Noun
zygotene (plural zygotenes)
- (biology) The intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis
Synonyms
Translations
pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
References
- ^ "La formation des gemini hétérotypiques dans les végétaux." Grégoire, V. (1907), Cellule 24, 367-420: p371.
- ^ "Studies on chromosomes. VIII. Observations on the maturation‐phenomena in certain Hemiptera and other forms, with considerations on synapsis and reduction", Edmund B. Wilson, 5 October 1912, https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1400130302