During meiosis, crossing over occurs between:

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

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Crossing over is the exchange of chromosomal segments between nonsister chromatids of homologous chromosomes. It occurs during pachytene stage of meiotic division. The crossing over creates variations in the organisms.

Q. During meiosis, crossing over occurs between:

sister chromatids of homologous chromosome

non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosome

sister chromatids of non-homologou chromosome

non-homologous chromatids of homologous chromosome

Crossing over is the exchange of chromosomal segments between nonsister chromatids of homologous chromosomes. It occurs during pachytene stage of meiotic division. The crossing over creates variations in the organisms.