part of meiosis I reciprocal meiotic recombination GO:0007145 GO:0000021 female meiotic recombination biological_process The cell cycle process in which double strand breaks are formed and repaired through a single or double Holliday junction intermediate. This results in the equal exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids in a pair of homologous chromosomes. These reciprocal recombinant products ensure the proper segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis I and create genetic diversity. GO:0007131 gene conversion with reciprocal crossover reciprocal homologous recombination meiotic cell cycle process