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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 meiosis
Familiarity information: ZYGOTENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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