Question

What is chaismata? what does it do?

Answer 1

chiasmata) is the point of contact, the physical link, between two chromatids belonging to homologous chromosomes. At a given chiasma, an exchange of genetic material can occur between both chromatids, what is called a chromosomal crossover, but this is much more frequent during meiosis than mitosis

Answer 2

chiasmata is the point of contact, the physical link, between two chromatids belonging to homologous chromosomes. At a given chiasma, an exchange of genetic material can occur between both chromatids, what is called a chromosomal crossover, but this is much more frequent during meiosis than mitosis.