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Crossing over
A process in which homologous chromosomes exchange material through the breakage and reunion of two chromatids. A single crossover represents one reciprocal breakage and reunion event. A double crossover requires two simultaneous reciprocal breakage and reunion events. a.k.a. recombination; recombination event.
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