Multiple choice

Dense clumping of chromosomes on one side with no chromatin material being seen in the rest of the nucleus is termed as

  1. synapsis

  2. synizesis

  3. congression

  4. synaptomeres

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Explanation

 Synizesis refers to a phenomenon sometimes observed in one of the subphases of meiosis. This phenomenon, sometimes referred to as a 'synizetic knot', and contrasted with the chromosome 'bouquet' more typically observed, is characterized by the localization of the meiotic chromosomes in a tight clump on one side of the nucleus.