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Agriculture · Q464

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 464

Q464

An exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes is called

A.
Recombination
B.
Mutation
C.
Crossing over
Answer
D.
Hybridization

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
An exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes is called Crossing over.
crossing over is the exchange of genetic material during sexual reproduction between two homologous chromosome's non-sister chromatids that results in recombinant chromosomes.
It is one of the final phases of genetic recombination, which occurs in the pachytene stage of prophase I of meiosis during a process called synapsis.
The linked frequency of crossing over between two gene loci (markers) is the crossing-over value.