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Tracing Genetic Variation from Prophase I Through Fertilization

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This capstone traces three independent sources of genetic variation, from one chromosome's internal shuffling through fertilization's combination of two parents' gametes.

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These three mechanisms are cumulative, not redundant — removing any one narrows the range of possible offspring, since each contributes variation the other two do not.