| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 390 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Genome dynamics and stability, 1861-3373 ; 3 |
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Genome dynamics and stability ; 3. 1861-3373
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| Contents |
Evolution of Models of Homologous Recombination / James E. Haber -- Searching for Homology by Filaments of RecA-Like Proteins / Chantal Prévost -- Biochemistry of Meiotic Recombination: Formation, Processing, and Resolution of Recombination Intermediates / Kirk T. Ehmsen, Wolf-Dietrich Heyer -- Meiotic Chromatin: The Substrate for Recombination Initiation / Michael Lichten -- Meiotic Recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: A Paradigm for Genetic and Molecular Analysis / Gareth Cromie, Gerald R. Smith -- Nuclear Movement Enforcing Chromosome Alignment in Fission Yeast -- Meiosis Without Homolog Synapsis / Da-Qiao Ding, Yasushi Hiraoka -- On the Origin of Meiosis in Eukaryotic Evolution: Coevolution of Meiosis and Mitosis from Feeble Beginnings / Richard Egel, David Penny -- The Legacy of the Germ Line -- Maintaining Sex and Life in Metazoans: Cognitive Roots of the Concept of Hierarchical Selection / Dirk-Henner Lankenau -- Lessons to Learn from Ancient Asexuals / Isa Schon, Dunja K. Lamatsch, Koen Martens |
| Summary |
Once per life cycle, mitotic nuclear divisions are replaced by meiosis I and II - reducing chromosome number from the diploid level to a haploid genome and recombining chromosome arms by crossing-over. In animals, all this happens during formation of eggs and sperm - in yeasts before spore formation. The mechanisms of reciprocal exchange at crossover/chiasma sites are central to mainstream meiosis. To initiate the meiotic exchange of DNA, surgical cuts are made as a form of calculated damage that subsequently is repaired by homologous recombination. These key events are accompanied by ancillar |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Genetic recombination.
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Meiosis.
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Meiosis
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Models, Molecular
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Nondisjunction, Genetic
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Schizosaccharomyces -- genetics
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Recombination, Genetic
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Molecular Biology.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Genetic recombination
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Meiosis
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Rekombination
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Genetik
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Meiose
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Egel, Richard, 1942-
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Lankenau, Dirk-Henner
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| ISBN |
9783540689843 |
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3540689842 |
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3540689834 |
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9783540689836 |
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