What is the name of the complex structure formed during the zygotene stage of prophase I in meiosis?
What is the name of the complex structure formed during the zygotene stage of prophase I in meiosis?
Synaptonemal complex
Recombination nodules
Chiasmata
Homologous chromosomes
Solution
During the zygotene stage of prophase I in meiosis, chromosomes start pairing together and this process of association is called synapsis. Electron micrographs of this stage indicate that chromosome synapsis is accompanied by the formation of complex structure called synaptonemal complex.