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During meiosis maternal and paternal chromosomes that occur in a gamete line up and exchange segments in a process called crossing over. Then they are randomly shuffled as the cell divides. This process
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During meiosis maternal and paternal chromosomes that occur in a gamete line up and exchange segments in a process called crossing over. Then they are randomly shuffled as the cell divides. This process results in

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Crossing over is the swapping of genetic material that occurs in the germ line. During the formation of egg and sperm cells, also known as meiosis, paired chromosomes from each parent align so that similar DNA sequences from the paired chromosomes cross over one another.

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After cross-over, the chromosomes are randomly shuffled to the daughter cells as the cell divides. This process results in in gametes that with unique combinations of chromosomes and is called independent assortment.

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