Fig. 1From: Erlang renewal models for genetic recombinationRecombination during meiosis in diploid organisms. The white regions represent maternal genetic material and the black regions shows paternal genetic material. In one phase of meiosis, a pair of chromosomes splits apart and are replicated, resulting in four chromatids shown on the left. The top half of the figure shows no recombination - each of the final strands on the right are identical to the ones on the left. The bottom half illustrates recombination, where genetic material is exchanged when gametes are formed. There can be more than one crossover on a strandBack to article page