allosyndesis

noun

al·lo·syn·de·sis

plural allosyndeses\-əˌsēz \

Definition of allosyndesis

: pairing at meiosis of nonhomologous chromosomes from the diverse sets of an allopolyploid individual — compare autosyndesis

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