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Genetic recombination

Genetic recombination

(Science: molecular biology) formation of new combinations of alleles in offspring (viruses, cells or organisms) as a result of exchange of dna sequences between molecules. It occurs naturally, as in crossing over between homologous chromosomes in meiosis or experimentally, as a result of genetic engineering techniques.


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