(a) a place at which rest is taken during a journey (cf. stage, n. 8); also figurative; (b) chiefly Biology a stage in a process, life cycle, etc…

The first stage in a mitotic or meiotic nuclear division, preceding prometaphase, during which chromatin condenses into chromosomes which become…

The stage in cell division, between metaphase and telophase, during which the daughter chromosomes move apart towards the opposite poles.

Originally: †each of the changes observed in the dividing cell nucleus from the formation of the equatorial plate to the beginning of the separation…

Biology. Originally in sense of quots. 1895 1905; in modern use, chromosomal pairing during the zygotene stage of meiosis.

The final phase of mitosis and meiosis, following anaphase and preceding interphase, at which the chromatids or chromosomes are at opposite poles of…

either of the two divisions of meiosis.

Originally: a stage of meiosis after synapsis; spec. †(a) the stage in late anaphase during which paired chromosomes or chromatids become completely…

A condition of the nucleus during cell division, characterized by pairs of chromosomes twisted around one another or in the form of twisted rings…

Cytology. Also synezesis. A stage of meiosis in some species in which all the chromosomal material is seen tightly contracted into a clump.

A stage which sometimes intervenes between the first and second divisions of meiosis; also, any stage between mitoses.

= pachytene, n.

a supposed end-to-end pairing of chromosomes during the zygotene stage of meiosis; = telosyndesis n. below.

= leptotene, n.

Pairing of chromosomes by their ends; = telosynapsis n. at telo-, comb._form1 affix.

= strepsinema, n.

†(a) a chromosome at zygotene; (b) = zygotene, n.; now rare.

The second stage of the prophase of meiosis, following leptotene, during which homologous chromosomes begin to pair.

The first stage of the prophase of the first meiotic division, in which the chromosomes are apparent as fine slender threads. Also attributive or as…

In cell division: the third stage of the first meiotic prophase, following zygotene, during which the paired chromosomes shorten and thicken, the…

Cytology. A stage in the cycle of nuclear division which intervenes between one mitosis and the next; also, a stage between the first and second…

= telosynapsis n. above.

The stage in mitotic or meiotic nuclear division, following prophase and preceding metaphase, during which the condensed chromosomes become…

The dictyate stage of meiosis in oocytes; = dictyate, n. Frequently attributive.

The dictyate stage of meiosis; = dictyotene, n.