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In sexual reproduction, if each chromosome in a pair has the same genes, how is genetic variety possible?

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The same genes or slightly different versions of the same gene can be found on each chromosome in a pair. They form a line and split off bits of themselves, which they barter with one another. In sexual reproduction, crossing over is the first method that genes are shuffled to develop genetic variation.

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