crossing over
Moving between realms
Crossing over describes movement from one side, category, or realm to another.
A musician crosses over from country to pop, reaching new audiences.
In genetics, crossing over is the exchange of genetic material between chromosomes during cell division.
The phrase also refers to death as passage to an afterlife: She crossed over peacefully in her sleep.
- synapsisChromosomal pairing in meiosis
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- meiosisGamete-producing cell division
- homologousHaving shared evolutionary origin
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
chromatid · tetrad · oogenesis · Morgan · bivalent · genetic diversity · genetics · intersection · junction · translocation · traverse · inheritance · bridge · death · near death experience · threshold · passage · afterlife
- evolutionevolution, natural selection, mutation, adaptation, speciation
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- Death Occultnecromancy, seance, mediumship, ghosts, channeling
- deathbedlast breath, last words, final moments, final breath, dying wish
- Ghost Huntingghost hunting, haunting, apparition, EVP, spirit box
- Molecular Biologyreplication, transcription, translation, gene expression, gene regulation
GENRE/MARKET TRANSITION (entertainment)
crossing overstaying in one's lane
Limiting oneself appropriately
over, cross, crossing, crossed, crossover, crossbow, crossbreed, crossbar, crossbred