synapsis
IPA: sˈɪæpsɪs
noun
- The association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
- Alternative form of synapse [The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.]
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Examples of "synapsis" in Sentences
- My litning kwik brayn synapsis, let me nawt sho U dem!
- The purpose of synapsis is to increase genetic variability.
- And that synapsis is a listing of when DOJ lawyers do not defend a law.
- Right now, in this very moment a complex circuit board of 3 million neurons and synapsis, fire away.
- My View of the World has audio of this morning's Brookfield press conference as well as a synapsis of Sunday Insight.
- February 25, 2008 at 9:32 am wow, wut a gud synapsis. dis will sabe me lawts ob hed skritchin wehn i gets a round tuit.
- Bananas are sterile and seedless because they are odd polyploids in which one set of chromosomes A or B has no homologous set to pair up with during synapsis of meiosis.
- Anybody with more than two neurons and half a synapsis can understand that in case CRU had any Spanish data bought to the Spanish AEMET, CRU simply couldn't release that data to third parties.
- When the back cover has a great overview or synapsis, one that sounds juicy or scarey or eclectic, I am sucked in like the book is a black hole lol ps and good art work helps, but other writer recommendations I always take with a grain of salt
- A primary factor in speciation has been chromosome restructuring as synapsis between structural chromosome heterozygotes invariably leads to some sterility because crossing over in the nonhomologous regions leads to the production of unbalanced, non functional gametes.
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