The evolutionary history of meiotic genes: early origins by duplication and subsequent losses

Meiosis is necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes. Genetic recombination between non-sister homologous chromosomes is needed in most organisms for successful completion of the first meiotic division. Proteins that function during meiotic recombination hav...

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Main Author: Pightling, Arthur William
Other Authors: Logsdon, John M., Jr.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2011
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2960
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3107&context=etd