Medical Definition of Genetic recombination
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Formation of new combinations of alleles in offspring (viruses, cells or organisms) as a result of exchange of DNA sequences between molecules. It occurs naturally, as in crossing over between homologous chromosomes in meiosis or experimentally, as a result of genetic engineering techniques.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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