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What is the significance of crossing over?
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Significance of Crossing over:
(i) As a result of crossing over, the paternal and maternal homologous chromosomes of an organism pair up and exchange certain portions of their chromatids which lead to genetic variations.
(ii) It makes the genetic information in each haploid cell unique.
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