leptotene
Meaning
Noun
- The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
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Origin
- From French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (from Ancient Greek λεπτός ("thin")) + -tene (from ταινία)
- Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
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