Definition of "chiasmata" []

• Plural form of chiasma. (noun)

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• "After this, the chromosomes cross over at certain points called chiasmata, where they exchange genetic material and create different combinations."
• "Various forms of a gene at a given locus are called chiasmata alleles autosomes loci chromatids"
• "It revealed why crossing-over should be suppressed between the centromere and the nucleolus organizer in organisms in which chiasmata terminalize, from the initial loaction of a crossover to the end of the arm of the chromosome."