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ZYGOTENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zygotene mean? 

ZYGOTENE (noun)
  The noun ZYGOTENE has 1 sense:

1. the second stage of the prophase of meiosisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ZYGOTENE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The second stage of the prophase of meiosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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

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

prophase (the first stage of meiosis)


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