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Meaning of "leptotene" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEPTOTENE

From lepto- + -tene, from Greek tainia band, filament.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEPTOTENE

leptotene  [ˈlɛptəʊˌtiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEPTOTENE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leptotene is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEPTOTENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

leptotene

Meiosis

Meiosis i/maɪˈoʊsɨs/ is a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi. The number of sets of chromosomes in the cell undergoing meiosis is reduced to half the original number, typically from two sets to one set. The cells produced by meiosis are either gametes or otherwise usually spores from which gametes are ultimately produced. In many organisms, including all animals and land plants, gametes are called sperm in males and egg cells or ova in females. Since meiosis has halved the number of sets of chromosomes, when two gametes fuse during fertilisation, the number of sets of chromosomes in the resulting zygote is restored to the original number. Meiotic division occurs in two stages, meiosis I and meiosis II, dividing the cells once at each stage. Before meiosis begins, during S phase of the cell cycle, the DNA of each chromosome is replicated, so that each chromosome has two sister chromatids; a diploid organism now has a tetraploid DNA amount in the cell.

Definition of leptotene in the English dictionary

The definition of leptotene in the dictionary is the first stage of the prophase of meiosis during which the nuclear material becomes resolved into slender single-stranded chromosomes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEPTOTENE


astatine
ˈæstəˌtiːn
barbotine
ˈbɑːbəˌtiːn
barquentine
ˈbɑːkənˌtiːn
betacarotene
ˌbiːtəˈkærəˌtiːn
brigantine
ˈbrɪɡənˌtiːn
brilliantine
ˈbrɪljənˌtiːn
carotene
ˈkærəˌtiːn
clementine
ˈklɛmənˌtiːn
creatine
ˈkriːəˌtiːn
diplotene
ˈdɪpləʊˌtiːn
fluoxetine
fluːˈɒksɪˌtiːn
galantine
ˈɡælənˌtiːn
gelatine
ˈdʒɛləˌtiːn
guillotine
ˈɡɪləˌtiːn
libertine
ˈlɪbəˌtiːn
nicotine
ˈnɪkəˌtiːn
phosphocreatine
ˌfɒsfəˈkriːəˌtiːn
quarantine
ˈkwɒrənˌtiːn
spessartine
ˈspesəˌtiːn
subroutine
ˈsʌbruːˌtiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEPTOTENE

leptocephalus
leptocercal
leptodactyl
leptodactylous
leptokurtic
leptome
lepton
lepton number
leptonic
leptophos
leptophyllous
leptorrhine
leptosomatic
leptosome
leptosomic
leptospiral
leptospire
leptospirosis
leptosporangiate

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEPTOTENE

alpha-carotene
aminobutene
butene
ctene
elaeoptene
eleoptene
gamma-carotene
haptene
isobutene
ketene
pachytene
pentene
polytene
retene
stearoptene
zygotene

Synonyms and antonyms of leptotene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leptotene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEPTOTENE

Find out the translation of leptotene to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leptotene from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leptotene» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

细线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

leptotene
570 millions of speakers

English

leptotene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

leptotene
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مرحلة ترقق الصبغيات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

leptotene
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leptóteno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

leptotene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

leptotène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Leptotena
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leptotän
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

細糸期
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

leptotene
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leptotene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

leptotene
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெல்லிழைநிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेप्टोटीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leptoten
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leptotene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leptotene
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

leptotene
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leptotene
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

leptotene
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leptoteen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leptotene
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leptotene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leptotene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEPTOTENE»

The term «leptotene» is used very little and occupies the 158.081 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEPTOTENE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leptotene

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEPTOTENE»

Discover the use of leptotene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leptotene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control
Analysis of leptotene chromosome structure provides a number of clues to the molecular events underlying presynaptic alignment. Leptotene chromosomes are thin, thread-like structures composed of long chromatin loops radiating outward ...
David Morgan, 2007
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Human Chromosomes
Leptotene,. Zygotene,. Pachytene,. Diplotene,. and. Diakinesis. The durations of some meiotic stages differ markedly from those of their mitotic counterparts. The premeiotic S phase lasts about twice as long as the mitotic S phase. Prophase of  ...
Orlando J. Miller, Eeva Therman, 2001
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Genetics
Thus leptotene means thin thread, zygotene means yolked thread, pachytene means thick thread, diplotene means double thread and diakinesis is essentially the end of both diplotene and prophase I. Leptotene The chromosomes become  ...
M. Yadav, 2003
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Cmplt Biology For Medical Ent Exams
The chronological sequence of stages in prophase of Meiosis is (a) Leptotene, Pachytene, Zygotene, Diakine- sis, Diplotene (b) Leptotene, Zygotene, Pachytene Diplotene, Diakinesis (c) Zygotene; Leptotene, Pachytene Diakinesis, Diplotene ...
Kumar
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Cell and Developmental Biology
Chronological sequences of stages of Meiosis I prophase is (a) Leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diakinesis, diplotene (b) Leptotene, pachytene, diakinesis, zygotene, diplotene (c) Zygotene, leptotene, diplotene, pachytene, diakinesis (d)  ...
Dr. Sastry, Dr. Singh & Dr. Tomar, 2010
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Animal Cytology and Evolution
whose frequency of occurrence is two or three orders of magnitude lower than would be the case on the hypothesis of random leptotene orientation. Walters ( 1970) has concluded from her very detailed studies of the pre- leptotene period in ...
M. J. D. White, 1977
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Plant Cytogenetics: Genome Structure and Chromosome Function
Pollen mother cells are shown at the following stages: (a) premeiotic interphase, ( b) late leptotene/prezygotene, (c) zygotene, (d) mid–late pachytene. Computer modeling of 3D image is shown below each projection. The boundary of the ...
Hank Bass, James A Birchler, 2011
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Comprehensive Objective Biology
Stages in proper sequence of prophase I are (a) Zygotene, Leptotene, Pachytene , Diakinesis and Diplotene D (6) Leptotene, Zygotene, Pachytene, Diplotene and Diakinesis D (c) Leptotene, Pachytene, Zygotene, Diakinesis and Diplotene D ...
V.K. Jain J.P. Sharma
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Comprehensive MCQs in Biology
Stages in proper sequence of prophase I are (a) Zygotene, Leptotene, Pachytene , Diakinesis and Diplotene (6) Leptotene, Zygotene, Pachytene, Diplotene and Diakinesis 22. (c) Leptotene, Diplotene Pachytene, Zygotene, Diakinesis and (d)  ...
Hemant Roy Sri, Shri Hemant Roy
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Handbook of Maize: Genetics and Genomics
1 Maize chromatin structure and the pattern of RAD51 foci distribution during Prophase 1 in wildtype meicytes (A) Leptotene. Few RAD51 foci are seen on newly formed leptotene chromosomes. The conspicuous DAPI-stained chromomeres ...
Jeff L. Bennetzen, Sarah C. Hake, 2009

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEPTOTENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leptotene is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Aurora A-HP1γ pathway regulates gene expression and mitosis …
... cells along the basement membrane of seminiferous tubules, where mitotic spermatogonia and pre-leptotene spermatocytes reside (Fig. 1a). «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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Incomplete meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in the domestic dog
At leptotene (2% of the spread nuclei of spermatocytes, n = 100), short fragments of SYCP3 appear throughout the nucleus, some of which ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
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... yerbas prestimulation expiators leptotene forelands mizzle sld saladero rattooning vigneron pocilliform hoisting tolerantism chancroids freeze ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»

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