Mitotic crossing over in chromosome I disomics of Aspergillus nidulans

Abstract

The frequency and pattern of homologous recombination in chromosome I disomics of Aspergillus nidulans is presented. Approximately 6% of randomly selected haploid breakdown sectors are recombinant. Most of these arise from double exchange events, one of which is located in the centromere region, the other distal on the left arm. Other marked regions are rarely involved in a recombination event. Reciprocal genotypes arise in approximately equal frequencies indicating that exchange results in reciprocally recombined non-sister chromatids at the four strand stage of mitosis. Possible theories for the extreme localisation of exchange events are discussed.