Term Name:	meiotic strand invasion
Synonyms:	meiotic D-loop biosynthesis, meiotic D-loop formation, meiotic displacement loop biosynthesis, meiotic displacement loop formation
Definition:	The cell cycle process in which the nucleoprotein complex (composed of the broken single-strand DNA and the recombinase) searches and identifies a region of homology in intact duplex DNA. The broken single-strand DNA displaces the like strand and forms Watson-Crick base pairs with its complement, forming a duplex in which each strand is from one of the two recombining DNA molecules. This occurs during meiosis.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0000708]    QuickGO    AmiGO