CpG islands, but not their methylation level, are key in the regulation of meiotic recombination in chicken (Gallus gallus)

Meiotic recombination plays a fundamental role in many sexually reproducing species. Recombination shuffles the genetic material during the first meiotic cell division resulting in new combinations of alleles within each chromosome. In many organisms, the rate of recombination is not uniform across...

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Main Author: Westerberg, Ivar
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning 2019
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-376254