Products of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/homologous_recombination" class="extiw" title="w:homologous recombination"> meiotic recombination</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chromosome_1_(human)" class="extiw" title="w:chromosome 1 (human)"> human chromosome 1</a>.  The process shuffles genetic material between homologous chromosomes (i.e., between non-sister chromatids) as shown.  Graphic uses an adapted version of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chromosome_1.svg" title="File:Chromosome 1.svg">File:Chromosome_1.svg</a>.  Inspired by Figure 10-18 in <cite class="book" style="font-style:normal" id="Reference-Watson-2003">Watson, JD et al (2003)      <i> Molecular Biology of the Gene</i> (5<sup>th</sup> ed.), Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, p. 283  <small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" class="extiw" title="en:International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a>:  <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0805346350" title="Special:BookSources/978-0805346350">978-0805346350</a>. </small></cite>.
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