How would genetic variation be affected if, during meiosis I, maternal chromosomes always lined up together on one side of the metaphase plate and paternal chromosomes always lined up on the other side?

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Answer: There will be no genetic variability in the gametes produced.

Explanation:

Meiosis is a type of cell division to form gametes, which are haploid cells and genetically distinct from the cell that gave them their origin.

During the interphases of meiosis I, each chromosome is duplicated. And after that, during prophase I, the phenomenon of crossing over occurs which is the exchange of genetic material between male and female chromosomes.

In metaphase I, the homologous pairs of chromosomes align on the equatorial plate; and during anaphase I the spindle fibers pull them away and toward each pole of the cell. At the end, in telophase I, the chromosomes are enclosed in nuclei and the nuclear membrane is formed.

If the maternal chromosomes are aligned on one side and the paternal ones on the other, without crossing over having occurred, then the new formed gametes will have the same maternal or paternal genetic material according to which chromosomes they receive. This means that there will be no genetic variability in the gametes produced.

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