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Differences between Mitosis and Meiosis

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Does recombination occur during mitosis?Pairing of homologous chromosomes in mitosis?

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Recombination occurs only in the case of meiosis where you see variation. It does not occur in mitosis. Similarly pairing of homologous chromosomes is only observed during meiosis and not in mitosis.

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