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. 2001 Apr 3;11(7):R253-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00131-2.

Meiotic recombination: breaking the genome to save it

M Lichten  1
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Meiotic recombination: breaking the genome to save it

M Lichten. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Recombination ensures the correct segregation of chromosomes to gametes during meiosis. Recent studies point to a universal mechanism for initiating meiotic recombination: the formation of double-strand DNA breaks by Spo11p.

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