Genetic recombination

... both of which are *identical*. An individual chromosome contains genetic material from *one* parent. ... No. Chromatids are present ONLY during ... the centromere. They would be identical to each other IF there was no recombination... The rest of your reasoning is faulty at best. I’ll try to ...

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... evolutionary mechanisms. Evolution happens because of mutations and recombination. Evolution is much more complex than that. You want to know ... about all of the known evolutionary mechanisms not just mutation. See: Genetic drift, gene flow, horizontal gene transfer, molecular drive, saltation, ...

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... and almost simultaneously rediscovered them. Bateson coined the term “genetics” for the then emerging science of heredity in 1906. Subsequently ... mutation [24]. There are several mechanisms such as crossing over (recombination) during meiosis, chromosomal aberrations like deletion, replication, ...

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... could one replace a gene with a modified gene ? I know how homologous recombination works in gene therapy but can one use homologous recombination ... fluoresce . How would one replace the original gene with the fused genetic information .

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... I took this class as well as molecular biology. After learning how our genetic system works, I discovered two things: 1. Evolution is true. I'd ... randomness is a real phenomena in nature, and the mutations/genetic recombination/ect that is occurring inside the diploid cells right before ...

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