synapsisnoun [ U ]
/sɪˈnæp.sɪs//sɪˈnæp.sɪs/the joining of chromosomes from each parent during the first stage of cell division
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- Human Genome Project
- inheritance
- mutation
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- translocation
- triplet codon
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