DIPLOTENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diplotene mean? 

• DIPLOTENE (noun)
  The noun DIPLOTENE has 1 sense:

1. the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis

  Familiarity information: DIPLOTENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLOTENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("diplotene" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Meronyms (parts of "diplotene"):

crossing over; crossover (the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis)

Holonyms ("diplotene" is a part of...):

prophase (the first stage of meiosis)