PACHYTENE
- the stage of the prophase of meiosis following zygotene [n -S]
- The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, following zygotene, during which the paired chromosomes shorten and thicken, the two chromatids of each separate, and exchange of segments between chromatids may occur
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