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What is chiasma?

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During diplotene substage of meiosis the homologous chromosomes of the bivalents start moving away from each other where the chromatids of the different homologues may remain attached at some points. These points of attechments of the non-sister chromatids are known as chiasmata (singular : chiasma).
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