Pachytene

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pachytene \pachytene\ n. (Biol.)
     The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in
     which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been
     completed.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pachytene
       n : the third stage of the prophase of meiosis