Crossing-over

Crossing-over is the process during meiosis in which the chromosomes of a diploid pair exchange genetic material. It is visible in the light microscope. At a genetic level, it produces recombination.
Occasionally the sequences of the two chromosomes are misalinged during crossing over. When this happens, unequal crossing-over is said to take place: it is one of processes responsible for duplication.
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