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Meaning of asynapsis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The failure of synapsis during meiosis.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“For example in the AB chromosome (Fig. 6a, b), homologous sections near the centromere were often situated nearby each other, due to asynapsis, and thus the area near the centromere appeared as a thickening.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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