- ‘Leptotene is the first stage of meiotic prophase I, when the duplicated paired homologs condense.’
Leptotene
noun;
Stage of DNA replication when the chromosomes of DNA appear as fine, discrete threads.
Etymology : Gk. Leptos ‘peeled, husked’ + Lat. taenia ‘ribbon, band’
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Last modified: 10 June 2008