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recombination definition

re·com·bi·na·tion (rē käm′bə nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a combining again
  2. Genetics the appearance in offspring of new combinations of allelic genes not present in either parent, produced from the mixing of genetic material, as by crossing-over

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