Characterization of meiotic crossovers and gene conversion by whole-genome sequencing in <it>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Meiotic recombination alters frequency and distribution of genetic variation, impacting genetics and evolution. In the budding yeast, DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and D loops form either crossovers (COs) or non-crossovers (NCOs),...

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Main Authors: Wijeratne Asela J, Qi Ji, Tomsho Lynn P, Hu Yi, Schuster Stephan C, Ma Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/475