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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
CBSEENBI12000226

Correlate between behaviour of genes and chromosomes during meiosis in higher organisms.

Solution
The correlation between the behaviour of genes and chromosomes during meiosis is that they both behave in a similar manner. For example

During meiosis

1. Both chrosomes and gene occur in pairs initially.

2. Two alleles of a gene pair as well as  the chromosome pair segregate independently during gamete formation.

3. Different genes as well as different (non-homologous) chromosomes assort independently during gamete formation.