zygotene

(zī'gə-tēn')
n.
The stage in prophase of meiosis during which homologous chromosomes become paired.

[French zygotène : zygo-, pair (from New Latin; see zygo-) + -tène, ribbon (from Latin taenia; see taenia).]

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(zī'gə-tēn')
n.

The stage of meiotic prophase during which the precise point-for-point pairing of the homologous chromosomes begins. Also called zygonema.

the second phase of prophase I in meiosis.

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The synaptic stage of the first meiotic prophase in which the two leptotene chromosomes undergo pairing by the formation of synaptonemal complexes to form a bivalent.