Biology of Disease

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Interphase

Interphase

First
meiotic
division

Second
meiotic
division

Crossing over

Diploid parental cell


Note new
recombinant
chromosomes
produced by
crossing over

Haploid daughter cells


Figure 15.9 An outline of meiosis as described
in the main text. For simplicity only a single pair
of homologous chromosomes is shown. Each
member of the pair consists of two chromatids.
The insert illustrates recombination between the
two nonsister chromatids.
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