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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of fusion of chromatin, the final stage in the reproductive process of cell-conjugation: essentially the same in meaning as
synapsis . The name mitapsis refers to the fact that at the time of fusion the chromatin granules are strung out on long, slender threads.
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