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- to the appearance of chromosomes. The first stage of prophase I is the leptotene stage, also known as leptonema, from Gr**** words meaning "thin threads"...
- The leptotene stage, also known as leptonema, is the first of five substages of prophase I during meiosis, the specialized cell division that reduces...
- similar to mitotic prophase. Prophase I is divided into five phases: leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene, and diakinesis. In addition to the events...
- sisters chromatid) elicits formation of DNA double-strand breaks during the leptotene phase. These breaks are repaired by homologous recombination, that uses...
- chromosome number by half to produce haploid gametes. It follows the Leptotene stage and is followed by Pachytene stage. The key event during zygotene...
- chromosomes are highly condensed. The chromomeres are present during leptotene phase of prophase I during meiosis. During zygotene phase of prophase...
- of meiosis, and chiasma frequency was measured. Irradiation during the leptotene-zygotene stages of meiosis, that is, prior to the pachytene period in...
- meiosis initiation; however, they cannot complete the process. Mutations in leptotene ****tocytes can result in premature chromosome condensation. Mutations...
- relocation/movement, moving meiotic chromosomes to find their homologues at leptotene/zygotene, attaching the centrosome to the outer nuclear membrane, formation...
- of meiosis, and chiasma frequency was measured. Irradiation during the leptotene-zygotene stages of meiosis (that is, prior to the pachytene period in...