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reciprocal recombination

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: reciprocal recombination
(ri′sip·rə·kəl rē′käm·bə′nā·shən)

(genetics) In dihybrid gametes, the generation, by meiotic crossing over, of a new combination of alleles unlike those of the maternal and paternal homologues.


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