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n. - The side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis.

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  • My litning kwik brayn synapsis, let me nawt sho U dem!
  • And that synapsis is a listing of when DOJ lawyers do not defend a law.
  • Right now, in this very moment a complex circuit board of 3 million neurons and synapsis, fire away.
  • My View of the World has audio of this morning's Brookfield press conference as well as a synapsis of Sunday Insight.
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