Meiotic recombination generates genetic diversity and promotes proper chromosomal segregation of parental chromosomes. This process requires a set of recombinases polymerized on single-stranded (ss) DNAs called the nucleoprotein filament to undergo homology search and strand exchange between homologous DNAs.
source https://phys.org/news/2024-10-reveal-key-mechanism-dna-recombination.html
Saturday, 5 October 2024
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