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Meiotic recombination between dispersed repeated genes is associated with heteroduplex formation.

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, recombination events occurring between allelic genes located on homologous chromosomes are often associated with heteroduplex formation. We found that recombination events between repeated genes on nonhomologous chromosomes (ectopic events) are also associated with the formation of heteroduplexes, indicating that classical and ectopic recombination events involve similar mechanisms.

Source: Molecular and Cellular Biology

DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.8.4420

Authors: D K Nag, T D Petes

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: DNA Repair Mechanisms

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Award: Recombination in yeast