Crossover interference
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Crossover interference is the term used to refer to the non-random placement of crossovers with respect to each other during meiosis. The term is attributed to Muller, who observed that one crossover "interferes with the coincident occurrence of another crossing over in the same pair of chromosomes, and I have accordingly termed this phenomenon ‘interference’."[1]
- ^ Muller, H.J. (1916). "The mechanism of crossing over". Am. Nat. 50.