chiasma

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  • chiasma

    (noun)
    A chiasma is the point of contact, the physical link, between two (non-sister) chromatids belonging to homologous chromosomes

  • chiasmata

    (noun)
    Plural form of chiasma - point of contact, the physical link, between two (non-sister) chromatids belonging to homologous chromosomes
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