Question

Which two processes increase GENETIC

VARIATION?

Answer 1

Crossing over and independent assortment during meiosis.

Crossing over takes place during prophase I of meiosis I between non identical sister chromatids where they exchange their genetic materials to form new combination of genes. Hence, increases genetic variation.

Independent assortment is where homologous chromosome are arranged randomly at the equatorial plane during metaphase I of meiosis I to produce gametes with different genetic contents. This increases the genetic diversity.

Answer 2

Meiosis is important for creating genomic diversity in a species. It accomplishes this primarily through 2 processes: independent assortment and crossing over (recombination)

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