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| dip·lo·tene [ dípplō tn ] |
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phase of cell division: a stage in the first part of reproductive cell division meiosis in which paired chromosomes start to move apart from one another but remain connected at points. At these connecting points, genetic information is exchanged.
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| [Early 20th century. <diplo- + Greek tainia "band, ribbon"] |
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