Question

Explain the relationship between crossing over and genetic variation

Answer 1

Crossing over is the process by which genetic material is exchanged by non-sister chromatids during meiosis.

Crossing over results in a new combination of genetic information for the cell for a specific trait.

Crossing over ensures that organisms are not identical from generation to generation.

Genetic recombination allows for a variation in genetic material that is passed through the generations

Answer 2

A variation is a reference to the differences or deviations, such as the structure and form, as for crossing over is the exchange of genetic material between the non-sister chromatids of the homologous chromosomes during meiosis.