Independent assortment and crossing over did not occur, which of the following would be true? There would be more types of gamete genotypes possible. There would be greater genetic diversity. Gametes would have either all alleles from the maternal chromosomes or all from the paternal chromosomes. Homologous chromosomes would not line up on the metaphase plate correctly.
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Step 1: If independent assortment and crossing over did not occur, then the alleles on different chromosomes would not be shuffled and recombined, leading to a lack of genetic diversity. Show more…
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