Genome-wide control of the distribution of meiotic recombination.

Meiotic recombination events are not randomly distributed in the genome but occur in specific regions called recombination hotspots. Hotspots are predicted to be preferred sites for the initiation of meiotic recombination and their positions and activities are regulated by yet-unknown controls. The...

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Main Authors: Corinne Grey, Frédéric Baudat, Bernard de Massy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19226188/?tool=EBI