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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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Define the following:
Chiasmata
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Crossing over is a feature of _______________
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DNA replication takes place in ______________
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Chiasmata and crossing over.
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The regions where crossing-over takes place are called
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