What are called Chiasmata?
chiasmata) is the point of contact, the physical link, between two (non-sister) chromatids belonging to homologous chromosomes. At a given chiasma, an exchange of genetic material can occur between both chromatids, what is called a chromosomal crossover, but this is much more frequent during meiosis than mitosis.
What is synapse in meiosis?
Meiotic synapsis is the stable physical pairing of homologous chromosomes that begins in leptonema of prophase I and lasts until anaphase of prophase I. ... Telomeres then cluster at a region of the inner nuclear membrane and axial elements extend and fuse along the length of the chromosomes.
