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Select the incorrectly matched pair.

A

Phragmoplast - Persistent spindle

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Reductional division - Meiosis I

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Equational division - Meiosis II

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D

Crossing over - Non - homologous chromosomes

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Solution

The correct option is D Crossing over - Non - homologous chromosomes
Crossing over takes place between non sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes in the pachytene sub stage of Prophase I of meiosis I
So, the correct option is 'Crossing over - Non - homologous chromosomes'

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