CROSSING OVER

Test Your Knowledge on Crossing Over

Welcome to the Crossing Over Quiz! This quiz is designed to challenge your understanding of the genetic process known as crossing over. Whether you're a student, teacher, or just someone interested in genetics, this quiz is for you!

You'll be presented with questions covering various aspects of crossing over, including:

The stages of crossing over
The significance of genetic recombination
Understanding chromosomal interactions

9 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ExaminingGene42

Alleles of different genes that are on the same chromosome can occasionally be separated by a phenomenon called

(a) Crossing over

(b) Continuous variation

(d) Epistasis

Crossing over in diploid organism is responsible for

(a) Recombination of linked genes

(b) Segregation of alleles

(d) Linkage between genes

Which of the following statements about crossing-over is most correct?

(a) There are as many crossings over possibilities as there are genes on the chromosome

(b) The farther apart are the two genes on chromosome, greater are the chances of their crossing over.

(d) Crossing over does not occur at a distance of more than 5 map units

Crossing over that result in genetic recombination in higher organisms occurs between

(a) Two different bivalents

(b) Sister chromatids of a bivalent

(d) Two daughter nuclei

During crossing over, exchange of chromosomal or genetic material takes place between

(a) two chromatids

(b) two chromosomes

(c)two non-sister chromatids of each tetrad

(d) two sister chromatids of each homologue

. Alleles of different genes that are on the same chromosome can occasionally be separated by a phenomenon called

(a) crossing over

(b) continuous variation