Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 7P
Explain how the behavior of homologous chromosomes in meiosis parallels Mendel’s law of segregation for autosomal alleles D and d. During which stage of M phase do these two alleles segregate from one another?
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