Zygotene stage

ZYGOTENE STAGE

Zygotene

  • The zygotene stage, also known as zygonema.
  • Homologous dyads (pairs of sister chromatids) find each other and align themselves from end to end. This pairing process is called Synapsis.
  • At the completion of zygonema, the paired homologs take the form of bivalents.
  • The number of bivalents in each species is equal to the haploid number.

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