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diplotenes

diplotenes is the plural of diplotene.

Meaning of diplotene

Noun

diplotene (countable and uncountable, plural diplotenes)

  1. The fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate and chiasmata become visible
    Synonyms:
    diplonema

Questions about diplotenes

What is diplotenes the plural of?
Diplotenes is the plural of diplotene.

Words near diplotenes in the dictionary

  1. diplostomatids
  2. diplostomid
  3. diplostomids
  4. diplostomoid
  5. diplotene
  6. diplotenes
  7. diplotriaenid
  8. diplotriaenids
  9. diplotype
  10. diplotypes
  11. diplotypic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diplotenes (page history and authors); diplotene (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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