Crossing Over
Crossing over explained in an easy to understand way:
Imagine you have two friends at a potluck, each bringing a dish that they prepared from different recipes. Just like those friends might swap some ingredients to create a new, exciting dish with flavors from both recipes, chromosomes exchange genetic material during meiosis to create unique combinations. In this analogy, the dishes represent the chromosomes, the ingredients are like genes, and the swapping process mirrors the exchange of genetic material, leading to new genetic combinations in the offspring.
Practice Version
Crossing Over: The exchange of genetic material between similar chromosomes during meiosis crossing over. Crossing over is when chromosomes swap genetic bits to create new gene combinations during the formation of eggs and sperm.