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Definition of Pachytene
1. Noun. The third stage of the prophase of meiosis.
Definition of Pachytene
1. Noun. (biology) The third prophase of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids ¹
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Definition of Pachytene
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Medical Definition of Pachytene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pachytene
Literary usage of Pachytene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"Previous to the pachytene stage the cells have increased but very little in size.
Now they begin to grow rapidly, complete fusion occurring between the ..."
2. The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1915)
"... stage (entire cell); j, pachytene stage (bouquet pachytene); k, longitudinal
splitting of threads ..."
3. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"A number of observers have reported an actual fusion of the conjugating threads,
the resulting pachytene thread subsequently splitting, probably along the ..."
4. The Germ-cell Cycle in Animals by Robert William Hegner (1914)
"this is the pachytene stage. The filaments then begin to unravel (Fig. ...
5, contraction figure ; 6, 7, pachytene ; 8, early; 9, later diplotene; 10, ..."
5. The Germ-cell Cycle in Animals by Robert William Hegner (1914)
"this is the pachytene stage. The filaments then begin to unravel (Fig. ...
5, contraction figure ; 6, 7, pachytene; 8, early; 9, later diplotene ..."
6. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"47, 6), the stage is called the thick thread or pachytene stage. There are half
as many threads now present as at the beginning. ..."
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