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asynapsis

asynapsis noun: the failure of synapsis during meiosis.

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...

asynapsis meaning in Tamil

asynapsis in Tamil

இணையாமை

Forms of asynapsis

pluralasynapses

Origin of asynapsis

From a- + synapsis.

Questions about asynapsis

What does asynapsis mean?
Asynapsis means the failure of synapsis during meiosis.
What is asynapsis in Tamil?
Asynapsis in Tamil is இணையாமை. See Asynapsis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is asynapsis?
Asynapsis is a noun.
What is the plural of asynapsis?
The plural of asynapsis is asynapses.

Words near asynapsis in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asynapsis (page history and authors); asynapsis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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