The term, "Synapsis" is associated with the process of crossing over. The google definition is, "The fusion of chromosome pairs at the start of meiosis."
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I believe the answer is: No, depressed people in Eastern cultures do not devalue themselves like depressed people in Western cultures.
Eastern culture place a really high value on hardwork more than the western culture. So, people in eastern culture tend to see the act of succumbing to depression as being weak, which make them tend to deal it by working even harder to accomplish positive in life.
The mayor has been murdered and his body was found in a lake with a stab wound