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Molecular Genetics of Recombination pp 381–442Cite as

Meiotic recombination

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Crossover recombination is essential for homolog segregation during meiosis. In contrast to spontaneous mitotic recombination, meiotic recombination is intrinsic being initiated by the programmed formation of DNA double-strand-breaks. In addition, the tendencies of the core recombination machinery to utilize a sister-chromatid template and to produce a noncrossover outcome are counteracted by meiosis-specific factors, which ultimately ensure the formation of at least one crossover per homolog.

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Hunter, N. (2007). Meiotic recombination. In: Aguilera, A., Rothstein, R. (eds) Molecular Genetics of Recombination. Topics in Current Genetics, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71021-9_14

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