During meiosis, crossing over occurs between:

Question

During meiosis, crossing over occurs between: (A) sister chromatids of homologous chromosome (B) non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosome (C) sister chromatids of non-homologous chromosome (D) non-homologous chromatids of homologous chromosome

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Crossing over is the exchange of chromosomal segments between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes. It occurs in pachytene stage of meiotic division.

Q. During meiosis, crossing over occurs between:

sister chromatids of homologous chromosome

non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosome

sister chromatids of non-homologous chromosome

non-homologous chromatids of homologous chromosome

Crossing over is the exchange of chromosomal segments between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes. It occurs in pachytene stage of meiotic division.