43. What is crossing over? In
which period of meiosis does
this event occur?

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Crossing over is eventual exchange
of fragments between
homologous . The
phenomenon occurs prophase I when
chromosomes are paired.

over is of importance for
evolution biodiversity since it
recombination of alleles (
different genes) linked the same
chromosome cell divison by
.