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noun
The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: phase, stage
History
From French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (“thin”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
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