Suppose there was no meiotic recombination but maternal and paternal chromosomes still assorted randomly during meiosis. 8,324,608 kids would be possible from two parents. Since there are 23 chromosomes in a haploid human cell and therefore the total number of possibilities will be [tex]2^{23} = 8,324,608[/tex].
At the time of meiosis, the homologous chromosome pairs are split in half to create haploid cells, and this split between the homologous chromosomes is random. This indicates that all of the maternal chromosomes are not divided into one cell, whereas all paternal chromosomes are divided into another cell.
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