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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespachytène
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pa.ki.tɛn/
"Le pachytène est le stade où se produit enjambement chromosomique."
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The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, following zygotene and preceding diplotene, during which the homologous chromosomes become short and thick and crossing over occurs.
"During pachytene, physical exchanges of genetic material between homologous non-sister chromatids take place."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek words 'pachys', meaning thick, and 'tainia', meaning band or ribbon. Coined in cytogenetics in the early 20th century to describe the thickening stage of chromosomes during the first meiotic prophase.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pachytene" is said worldwide
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pachytène
Transliteration: /pa.ki.tɛn/
"Le pachytène est le stade où se produit enjambement chromosomique."
Pachytän
Transliteration: /paxʏˈtɛːn/
"Im Pachytän paaren sich die homologen Chromosomen eng zusammen."
pachitene
Transliteration: /pa.kiˈtɛ.ne/
"Durante il pachitene avviene il crossing-over."
paquitenía
Transliteration: /pa.ki.teˈni.a/
"El paquitenía es crucial para la recombinación genética."
paquiteno
Transliteration: /pa.kiˈtɛ.nu/
"No paquiteno, os cromossomos tornam-se visivelmente mais espessos."
पैकाटीन
Transliteration: paikateena
"पैकाटीन अवस्था में आनुवंशिक पुनرसंयोजन होता है।"
粗线期
Transliteration: cū xiàn qī
"在减数分裂的粗线期会发生基因重组。"
접합사기
Transliteration: jeop-hap-sa-gi
"감수분열의 제1전기 중 비동일 염색분체 간의 교차가 이루어지는 단계를 의미합니다."
太糸期
Transliteration: futaitoki
"太糸期には相同染色体の間で交叉が起こります。"
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