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Diagram showing the process of crossing over during meiosis, where homologous chromosomes exchange genetic material, followed by two cell divisions that result in four genetically unique haploid daughter cells.

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Know how genomic study of the Australian sheep blowfly can help researchers devise protection against this pest

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Know the investigations of researchers using genomic information to reconstruct the cause and transmission routes of the bubonic plague and the Black Death

Understand how scientists understand and treat melanoma by targeting the gene B-Raf oncogene

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