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. 1990 Jan;124(1):7-25.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/124.1.7.

Mechanisms of gene conversion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

H Roman  1 , M M Ruzinski
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Mechanisms of gene conversion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

H Roman et al. Genetics. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

In red-white sectored colonies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, derived from mitotic cells grown to stationary phase and irradiated with a light dose of x-rays, all of the segregational products of gene conversion and crossing over can be ascertained. Approximately 80% of convertants are induced in G1, the remaining 20% in G2. Crossing over, in the amount of 20%, is found among G1 convertants but most of the crossovers are delayed until G2. About 20% of all sectored colonies had more than one genotype in one or the other sector, thus confirming the hypothesis that conversion also occurs in G2. The principal primary event in G2 conversion is a single DNA heteroduplex. It is suggested that the close contact that this implies carries over to G2 when crossing over and a second round of conversion occurs.

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