disjunction /dis·junc·tion/ (-junk´shun)
disjunction
1. the act or state of being disjoined.
2. in genetics, the moving apart of bivalent chromosomes at the first anaphase of meiosis.
craniofacial disjunction Le Fort III fracture.
dis·junc·tion (d s-j ngk sh n)n. The separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. |
disjunction
[disjungk′shən]
Etymology: L, disjungere, to disjoint
the separation of paired homologous chromosomes during anaphase of the first meiotic division, or the separation of the chromatids of a chromosome during anaphase of mitosis and the second meiotic division. Compare nondisjunction.
disjunction
the act or state of being disjoined. In genetics, the moving apart of bivalent chromosomes at the first anaphase of meiosis.
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