dictyotenen.
/ˈdɪktɪətiːn/, U.S. /ˈdɪktiəˌtin/ Cell Biology.
The dictyate stage of meiosis in oocytes; = dictyate n. Frequently attributive.
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resting stage1810
prophase1884
anaphase1887
metaphase1887
synapsis1895
telophase1895
maturation division1896
postsynapsis1898
strepsinema1900
synizesis1905
interkinesis1906
pachynema1909
telosynapsis1909
leptonema1911
metasyndesis1911
strepsitene1911
zygonema1911
zygotene1911
leptotene1912
pachytene1912
interphase1913
telosyndesis1920
prometaphase1931
dictyotene1957
dictyate1958
1957 Nature 23 Mar. 638/1 Later the ovary contains oocyte nuclei which are in the ‘dictyotene’ stage.
1971 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 58 60/1 In mosses..the nucleus may persist in dictyotene for 2–3 days before resuming division.
1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) xv. 307/1 After the diplotene stage, the first meiotic division stops, and the chromosomes enter a resting dictyotene stage.
2003 Trends in Molec. Med. 9 492 (caption) Oogenic meiosis begins in utero and is arrested in dictyotene for years, resuming only minutes before ovulation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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