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† syndesis Cytology. Obs.|sɪnˈdiːsɪs|
[a. G. syndesis (V. Häcker 1904, in Zool. Jahrb. VII. 200), f. Gr. συν- syn-1 + δέσις binding together (f. δεσµός bond, connection).]
The pairing of chromosomes in mitosis or meiosis. Cf. synapsis 2.
1909Ann. Bot. XXIII. 49 Haecker has proposed the word Syndesis to apply to the conjugation or association of the homologous parental chromosomes. 1912[see synapsis 2]. 1925E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 3) vi. 503 It is now widely held that reduction is initiated by a preliminary process or synapsis or syndesis in the course of which the chromosomes conjugate. |