What makes meiosis so complicated?

1. Homologous chromosomes forming tetrads--that’s a lot of genetic information!
1. Each chromosome pair is doubled to form 96 chromosomes during prophase 1.
2. Homologous chromosomes will cross over
• This exchanges genetic information.
• For example: instead of the baby being brown hair, brown eyes like dad-- he might have dad’s brown eyes, mom’s blond hair

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