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diakinesis

Term: diakinesis

Literally meaning: ?movement apart?

Origin: Anc Greek

???-/dia(=apart)

???????/kinesis(=movement)

Coined/History

by Häcker (1897)

Definition

Diakinesis is one of the stages of prophase I in which the chromosomes are well separated from one another. This stage is recognized by the highly condensed condition of the chromosomes, the homologous pair of which are held together by chiasmata.

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