Genetic Recombination in Sexually Reproductive Organisms (4688 words, 19 pages)
In many sexually reproductive organisms, including Drosophila melanogaster, genetic recombination is not only a source of phenotypic diversity but indeed a necessary process for meiosis (Orr-Weaver, 1995). Starting in approximately prophase I in female Drosophila germ cells, and continuing until anaphase I, homologous chromosomes are held together by junctures known ...
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