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Explain why mitosis does not produce genetic variation and how meiosis leads to the production of tremendous genetic variation.

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VladimirAG [237]1 year ago
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Mitosis produces cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Meiosis includes two distinct processes that contribute to the generation of
genetic variation: crossing over shuffles alleles on the same chromosome
into new combinations, whereas the random distribution of maternal and
paternal chromosomes shuffles alleles on different chromosomes into new
<span>combinations.</span>
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