Multiple mechanisms of meiotic recombination.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In this issue, reveal that different meiotic recombination mechanisms predominate in fission yeast and budding yeast. Budding yeast usually form crossover recombinants through double Holliday junctions, whereas fission yeast unexpectedly appear to form crossover recombinants through single junctions.
Medical subject headings
- Crossing Over, Genetic
- Meiosis
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Schizosaccharomyces