| 释义 |
lep·to·tene
\ˈleptəˌtēn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary lept- + -tene; originally formed as French leptotène
: a stage of the meiotic prophase immediately preceding synapsis in which the chromosomes appear as fine discrete threads — compare pachytene
• lep·to·tenic \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|tēnik, -|ten-\ adjective |