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Word: Diakinesis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from dia- ‘through, across’ + Greek kinēsis ‘motion’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdʌɪəkʌɪˈniːsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the fifth and last stage of the prophase of meiosis, following diplotene, when the separation of homologous chromosomes is complete and crossing over has occurred.
Short Definition:fifth and last stage of prophase of meiosis
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