Summarize the role that the repair of damaged chromosomes played in the evolution of sexual reproduction?

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Summarize the role that the repair of damaged chromosomes played in the evolution of sexual reproduction?

2007-12-17 15:49:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Chromosome Fission and fusion have played a significant role in speciation.

2007-12-21 14:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The enzymes involved in DNA repair, (e.g. DNA polymerase, etc.), figure prominently in the mechanism of crossing over in paired homologous chromasomes in crossing over, (in mitosis, and also in meiosis.)
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2007-12-21 19:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋