Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (6th Edition)
Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134711751
Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 20IMT
Summary Introduction

To explain:

The statement that “each pair of your homologous chromosomes, one member derives from your mother, and the other from your father, ensuring the transmission of genes from one generation to the next and the theme “Information flow”.

Introduction:

The homologous chromosomes are a single pair of chromosomes that recombine together to form new traits during the process of the fusion of the gametes. The homologous chromosomes and their genes arrange themselves independently of each other in the next generation which is according to the “principle of independent assortment”. The “law of segregation” explains the separation of the homologous chromosomes during the division of the cells leading to the formation of gametes with a single pair of chromosomes. These gametes fertilize to form the progeny through the process of recombination of the chromosomes.

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