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Definition of Synapsis
1. Noun. The side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis.
Definition of Synapsis
1. Noun. The association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of synapse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Synapsis
1. the point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another [n -APSES] : SYNAPTIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synapsis
Literary usage of Synapsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The chromatic material during synapsis converges to a point on the nuclear ...
The nucleus, then, during synapsis presents a definite polar side with its ..."
2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"If synapsis occurs when the germinal vesicle disintegrates then the chromosomes
must have united end to end, as shown in Text-Figure I, B, otherwise both of ..."
3. Spermatogenesis of Normal and of Hybrid Pigeons: A Dissertation, Submitted by Michael Frederic Guyer (1900)
"synapsis. As soon as the growth of the primary spermatocyte is completed, the
nucleus, which is voluminous and apparently turgid with sap, ..."
4. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1899)
"It is specially to be noted here that in the post- synapsis there are never ...
After the post-synapsis follows the telophase, and then the rest stage of ..."
5. The Spermatogenesis of Amphiuma by James Howard McGregor (1899)
"The Growth-period and synapsis. — After the period of multiplication has come to
an end, the cysts are closely packed with small secondary spermatogonia, ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The chromatic material during synapsis converges to a point on the nuclear ...
The nucleus, then, during synapsis presents a definite polar side with its ..."
7. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"If synapsis occurs when the germinal vesicle disintegrates then the chromosomes
must have united end to end, as shown in Text-Figure I, B, otherwise both of ..."
8. Spermatogenesis of Normal and of Hybrid Pigeons: A Dissertation, Submitted by Michael Frederic Guyer (1900)
"synapsis. As soon as the growth of the primary spermatocyte is completed, the
nucleus, which is voluminous and apparently turgid with sap, ..."
9. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1899)
"It is specially to be noted here that in the post- synapsis there are never ...
After the post-synapsis follows the telophase, and then the rest stage of ..."
10. The Spermatogenesis of Amphiuma by James Howard McGregor (1899)
"The Growth-period and synapsis. — After the period of multiplication has come to
an end, the cysts are closely packed with small secondary spermatogonia, ..."
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