metasyndesisn.
/ˌmɛtəsɪnˈdiːsɪs/, /ˌmɛtəˈsɪndᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈsɪndəsəs/, /ˌmɛdəˌsɪnˈdisᵻs/ Biology. Now historical.
Pairing of chromosomes by their ends; = telosynapsis n. at telo- comb. form1 .
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [noun] > stages of mitosis or meiosis
resting stage1810
prophase1884
anaphase1887
metaphase1887
synapsis1895
telophase1895
maturation division1896
postsynapsis1898
strepsinema1900
synizesis1905
interkinesis1906
pachynema1909
telosynapsis1909
leptonema1911
metasyndesis1911
strepsitene1911
zygonema1911
zygotene1911
leptotene1912
pachytene1912
interphase1913
telosyndesis1920
prometaphase1931
dictyotene1957
dictyate1958
1911 T. H. Montgomery in Jrnl. Morphol. 22 753 The other chief view of the conjugation of the chromosomes was introduced by me, also in 1900, and is that termed by me end-to-end conjugation and by Häcker metasyndesis (telosynapsis, Wilson).
1928 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 3) vi. 557 (heading) Telosynapsis or Metasyndesis. End-to-end Union and the Theory of Loop-formation.
1989 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 76 1235/1 The second and third of these interpretations assumed that pairs of chromosomes became attached end-to-end (‘telosynapsis’ or ‘metasyndesis’).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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