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LEPTOTENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first stage of the prophase of meiosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("leptotene" is a kind of...):
phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)
Meronyms (parts of "leptotene"):
synapsis (the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis)
Holonyms ("leptotene" is a part of...):
prophase (the first stage of meiosis)
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