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zygotene

zygotene noun: the intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis.

Noun

zygotene (plural zygotenes)

  1. The intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis
    Synonyms:
    zygonema

zygotene meaning in Tamil

zygotene in Tamil

உயிரணுப்பிளவின் முதல் நிலையில் ஒருபடி, சர்க்கை நிலை, நுகவிழைநிலை, புணரிழை, சைகோட்டீன், நூலிழைப்பருவம்

Synonyms of zygotene

Forms of zygotene

pluralzygotenes

Origin of zygotene

From French zygotène, corresponding to zygo- (“union, zygosis”, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene (“filament”, from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)), equivalent to zygote + -tene. Coined by Victor Grégoire in 1907 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

Questions about zygotene

What does zygotene mean?
Zygotene means the intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis.
What is zygotene in Tamil?
Zygotene in Tamil is உயிரணுப்பிளவின் முதல் நிலையில் ஒருபடி, சர்க்கை நிலை, நுகவிழைநிலை. See Zygotene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zygotene?
Zygotene is a noun.
What is the plural of zygotene?
The plural of zygotene is zygotenes.

Words near zygotene in the dictionary

  1. zygotactic
  2. zygotal
  3. zygotaxis
  4. zygote
  5. zygotelike
  6. zygotene
  7. zygotenes
  8. zygotenic
  9. zygotes
  10. zygotic
  11. zygotically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zygotene (page history and authors); zygotene (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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