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Q. Synapsis is pairing of

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Synapsis occurs in the zygotene stage of prophase-I of meiosis-I. The homologous chromosome comes close to each other and forms a pair. This pairing is called synapsis and the pair of the homologous chromosomes is called bivalent. During synapsis, a molecular scaffold called synaptonemal complex aligns the DNA molecule of two homologous chromosomes side by side.