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The stage during meiosis Prophase 1 where the chromosomes condense after S-phase and interphase, resulting in the recombination of haploid chromosome pairs with sister chromatids held by a single non-dividing centromeres, and followed by the zygotene stage.
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós)bor. English lepto- English -nema English leptonema From lepto- (“thin”) + -nema (“filiform structure”).
