al·lo·syn·de·sis
plural allosyndeses\
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Definition of allosyndesis
: pairing at meiosis of nonhomologous chromosomes from the diverse sets of an allopolyploid individual — compare autosyndesis
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The first known use of allosyndesis was in 1935
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