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pachytene
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pachytene has 1 sense
- pachytene(n = noun.process) Array - the third stage of the prophase of meiosis; Array is a part of prophase
is a kind of phase, stage
CIDE DICTIONARY
pachytene, n.
The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed. [WordNet 1.5]
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