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Question
The exchange of chromatid parts between the maternal and the paternal chromatids of a pair of homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
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Solution
Crossing over
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Given below are three diagrammatic sketches (A, B and C) of one and the same particular phase during mitotic type of cell division.

- Identify the phase.
- What is the diploid number of chromosomes shown in them?
- Identify whether these are animal cells or plant cells? Give reasons.
- Which of these is/are shown in the correct direction?
- Only A
- Only B
- Only A and C
- All the three
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Mitosis results in _____________
Given below is a diagram representing a stage during mitotic cell division. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Identify the stage shown.
Given below is a diagram representing a stage during mitotic cell division. Study it carefully and answer the question that follow.

Name the stage that follows the one shown here. How is that stage identified?
Explain the significance of mitosis.
Give Reasons for the following
The mitosis is called equational division.
Differentiate between
Centrifugal cytokinesis and Centripetal cytokinesis.
Give Technical Terms
The shortest phase of mitosis.
The basis of genetic variation in the living organisms during mitosis occurs due to ______.
