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Write a note on Synaptonemal Complex.

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In this stage, the chromosomes condense and become smaller and the homologous chromosomes come together along their entire length and form synapsis or pair. This action occurs due to attraction between the chromosomes. Each pair of chromosomes is called bivalent. Homologous chromosome pair consists of one paternal and one maternal chromosome. This process occurs in the zygotene stage of the first prophase of meiosis. This bivalent is called synaptonemal complex and its main element is protein

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