Homologous chromosomes can be identified at the start of meiosis. One member of each pair comes from the female parent (mother) and the other from the male parent. read more
Homologous chromosomes can be identified at the start of meiosis. One member of each pair comes from the female parent (mother) and the other from the male parent. The maternal and paternal chromosomes in a homologous pair have the same genes at the same loci, but possibly different alleles. read more
homologous chromosomes Chromosomes having the same structural features. In diploid nuclei, pairs of homologous chromosomes can be identified at the start of meiosis. One member of each pair comes from the female parent and the other from the male. read more