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Centromere vs Synapsis - What's the difference?

centromere | synapsis |

As nouns the difference between centromere and synapsis

is that centromere is centromere while synapsis is the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.

centromere

English

(wikipedia centromere)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 16:
    • Every chromosome has a long arm and a short arm separated by a pinch point known as a centromere .

    synapsis

    English

    Noun

    (synapses)
  • The association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.