Question

In an experiment you introduce a pair of unpaired homologous chromosomes into pachytene stage, what will you expect to observe?

a.

Pairing and subsequent recombination

b.

Pairing will occur but no recombination

c.

No pairing will occur but recombination will take place

d.

Neither pairing nor recombination

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Answer: (d).Neither pairing nor recombination

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