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X chromosome crossover, meiosis

Bill and Jennie BJ at mailbox.uq.edu.au
Sat Jul 19 19:21:07 EST 1997


Could anyone tell me whether, during meiosis to form human ova,
crossover of genetic material occurs on the arms of the X chromosomes?
I`m assuming that in meiosis in the human male, this does not occur,
and gametes are formed with sex chromosomes unaltered?




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