Biology: Life on Earth
Biology: Life on Earth
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ISBN: 9780321729712
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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The crossing over and in the stage wherein it occurs and also the two functions of chiasmata.

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Cell division refers to the method by which the parent cell segregates itself into two or more daughter cells. This division usually takes place as a section of a larger cell cycle and in eukaryotes, it is segregated into vegetative and reproductive cell division. Vegetative is known as mitosis while reproductive cell division is known as meiosis.

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