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Old 05-16-2007, 03:57 PM
vhawk01 vhawk01 is offline
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Default Re: What about crossover?

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Why is it that so many talk only about mutation and
ignore crossover?

Crossover plays a more dramatic role in variation than mutation.

D.

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I lump them into the same category. Also, chromosomal duplication, non-homologous recombination, so on. All of these are 'mutational' events, in that the product is different than either of the inputs.
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