Synaptonemal complex The electron dense material which acts as a "zip fastener" to hold together homologous chromosomes in meiotic prophase.
Synapton
The term is used in some books as a shortened version of synaptonemal complex.
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Synaptonemal complex
This expression was introduced by Moses (1958) for the structure which he discovered in electron micrographs of paired chromosomes at the pachytene stage of meiosis.
synaptonemal complex The structure that holds homologous chromosomes together during synapsis in prophase of meiosis I.
synchronous flight See direct flight.
Synapsis. The synaptonemal complex begins to form.
DNA strands of nonsister chromatids begin the process of recombination. How they are able to do so across the synaptonemal complex, which is over 100 nm thick, is unknown.
3. Pachytene ...
During the diplotene stage, also known as diplonema, from Greek words meaning "two threads,"[1] the synaptonemal complex degrades and homologous chromosomes separate from one another a little.
 See also: Chromosomes, Synaptonemal complex, Meiosis, Protein, Chromosome
  
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