Category:GO:0032837 ! distributive segregation

name: distributive segregation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The cell cycle process in which genetic material, in the form of chromosomes, is organized and then physically separated and apportioned to two or more sets during a normally chiasmate meiosis under the condition that chiasma have not occurred between a particular pair of homologs. Distributive segregation is a backup mechanism to ensure the segregation of homologs that have failed to cross over - either as a consequence of mutation or not, as, for example, the 4th chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster (which never exchanges, presumably due to its small size) - but nevertheless segregate normally." [GOC:expert_rsh, GOC:ma, GOC:sart]
is_a: GO:0045132 ! meiotic chromosome segregation

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0032837</GOterm>
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