What is the name of the process by which genetic material is exchanged between two homologous chromosomes?

What is the name of the process by which genetic material is exchanged between two homologous chromosomes?
  1. Synapsis
  2. Recombination
  3. Crossing over
  4. Recombinase

Solution

Crossing over is the exchange of genetic material between two homologous chromosomes. It is also an enzyme-mediated process and the enzyme involved is called recombinase.

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