#synapsis  the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
  supertype:  organic_process__organicproces__biological_process  a process occurring in living organisms
  part of:  leptotene  the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
     part of:  prophase.phase_of_cell_division  the first stage of meiosis
        part of:  meiosis__miosis__reduction_division__reductiondivision  (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)

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