Leptotene stage

LEPTOTENE STAGE

Leptotene

  • The first stage is called Leptotene also known as leptonema.
  • All the chromosomes begin to condense.
  • A process called 'homology search' which precedes and is essential to the initial pairing of homologs, begins during leptonema.

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