Usually means: Exchange of genetic material, chromosomes.
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  1. homologous recombination: Wiktionary
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  3. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  4. homologous recombination: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (homologous recombination)

▸ noun:  (genetics) The exchange of DNA between regions of homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis.

Similar:
crossover, recombineering, recombining, pseudorecombination, recombination, recombinant, coconversion, retrohoming, recombinogenesis, backcrossing, more...

Opposite:
NHEJ

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Similar:
crossover, recombineering, recombining, pseudorecombination, recombination, recombinant, coconversion, retrohoming, recombinogenesis, backcrossing, more...

Opposite:
NHEJ



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