prophase

Crossing Over and its mechanism

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The phenomenon of separation of linked genes is termed as crossing over. Linked genes separate during inheritance and produce new or non-parental combinations in case of incomplete linkage. The parental combinations are more than the non-parental combinations. It is also a physical process of exchange of genetic materials or segments between non-sister chromatids of two … Read more

Differences between mitosis and meiosis

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S.N                        Mitosis         Meiosis 1. It occurs in somatic cells. It occurs in sex cells. 2. Two daughter cells are produced. Four daughter cells are produced. 3. Each daughter cell contains diploid chromosomes. Each daughter cell contains haploid chromosomes. 4 No … Read more