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leptotene
noun
(lep-to-tene)
a stage of meiotic prophase immediately preceding synapsis in which the chromosomes appear as fine discrete threads
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spermatocytes
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diplotene
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reduction division
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meiosis
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zygotene
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diakinesis
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karyokinesis
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prophase
,
haplosis
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endomitosis
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mitosis
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metaphase
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monoploid
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amitosis
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endopolyploidy
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daughter cell
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anaphase
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pachytene
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diplont
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chromosome
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hyperploid
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ootid
,
sporocyte
,
hypoploid
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zygosis
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gonocyte
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heterochromosome
,
telophase
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chromomere
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microsporocyte
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spermatogonium
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microsporogenesis
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chromatid
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cytokinesis
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amphiploid
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spermatoblast
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hypodiploid
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chromonema
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haploidy
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polar body
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heteroploid
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gynogenesis
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oogenesis
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synapsis
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gametogenesis
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centromere
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spermatid
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sex chromosome
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organic process
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spermoblast
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amphidiploid
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spermatocyte
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nondisjunction
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reproductive cell
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kinetochore
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polysomic
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sporogenesis
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chromatin
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spermatogenesis
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karyology
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tapinosis
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heterogamete
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monospermy
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transvection
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telocentric
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junk dna
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sex cell
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centrosome
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anisogamete
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gamete
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embryogenesis
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isogamete
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heterochromatin
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recombination
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agamete
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spermospore
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homozygotic
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interphase
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point mutation
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cytogenesis
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cytoplast
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telomere
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microtubule
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oocyte
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diploid
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entosthoblast
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androgenesis
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spherosome
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zygospore
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homoplasmy
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centriole
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zygote
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oosphere
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egg cell
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endoplasm
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anucleate
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mononucleate
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germ layer
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vegetative cell
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dictyosome
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leptotene
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