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asynapses

asynapses is the plural of asynapsis.

Meaning of asynapsis

Noun

asynapsis (usually uncountable, plural asynapses)

  1. (usually) The failure of synapsis during meiosis.
    • 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.2015, Ninel A. Petrova et al., “Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and...

Questions about asynapses

What is asynapses the plural of?
Asynapses is the plural of asynapsis.

Words near asynapses in the dictionary

  1. asymptoticly
  2. asymptotics
  3. asymptoting
  4. asymtope
  5. asynapsed
  6. asynapses
  7. asynapsis
  8. asynaptic
  9. asynartete
  10. asynartetes
  11. asynartetic

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