Molecular mechanism of recombination Flashcards
1
Q
What is it?
A
process by which genes from DNA are swapped by process such as crossing
over of chromatids or independent assortment
2
Q
What happens during 1st meiotic division?
A
homologous pairs of chromosomes swap genetic
information + this results in increase in genetic variation as resultant gametes
have different combination of chromosomes
3
Q
Genetic linkage is
A
tendency of alleles that are located close together on
chromosome to be inherited together during meiosis
4
Q
two genes that undergo independent assortment are indicated by…
A
recombination
frequency of 50% are either on non-homologous chromosomes or located far
apart in a single chromosome
