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DIPLOTENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("diplotene" is a kind of...):
phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)
Meronyms (parts of "diplotene"):
crossing over; crossover (the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis)
Holonyms ("diplotene" is a part of...):
prophase (the first stage of meiosis)