Human Biology Custom Edition
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781337631532
Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 1SQ
_______ segregate during ______.
- a. Homologues; mitosis
- b. Genes on one chromosome; meiosis
- c. Homologues; meiosis
- d. Genes on one chromosome; mitosis
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