Term Information

Accession
GO:0000238
Name
zygotene
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The cell cycle phase which follows leptotene during prophase I of meiosis, and during which each chromosome pairs with its homolog; the two become aligned and crossing over may occur. Source: GOC:mtg_cell_cycle
Comment
Note that this term should not be used for direct annotation. If you are trying to make an annotation to x phase, it is likely that the correct annotation is 'regulation of x/y phase transition' or to a process which occurs during the reported phase (i.e mitotic DNA replication for mitotic S-phase). To capture the phase when a specific location or process is observed, the phase term can be used in an annotation extension (PMID:24885854) applied to a cellular component term (with the relation exists_during) or a biological process term (with the relation happens_during).
History
See term history for GO:0000238 at QuickGO
Subset
gocheck_do_not_annotate
Feedback
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Parents of zygotene (GO:0000238)
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zygotene [is_a relation] is_a  meiosis I cell cycle phase (GO:0098764)
zygotene [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  meiotic prophase I (GO:0007128)

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Wikipedia
Zygotene