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Crossing Over

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the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

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synonym
crossover
plural
Crossing Overs
possessive
Crossing Over's
pluralpossessive
Crossing Overs'

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the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

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