Home > Terms > Spanish, Latin American (XL) > entrecruzamiento

entrecruzamiento

The breaking during meiosis of one maternal and one paternal chromosome, the exchange of corresponding sections of DNA, and the rejoining of the chromosomes. This process can result in an exchange of alleles between chromosomes.

See also: recombination.

0
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Biology
  • Category: Genome
  • Company: U.S. DOE
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Beverly Henry
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 0

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Holiday Category: Festivals

Festival del Bote Dragón

Celebrado en China, así como en otros países del Sureste de Asia, el Festival del Bote Dragón es el quinto day del quinto mes del calendario lunar. En ...