Bivalent and Multivalent

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Bivalent adjective - Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.

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Multivalent is an antonym for bivalent.

Multivalent adjective - Used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.

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Bivalent is an antonym for multivalent.

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