Meiotic recombination hotspots

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1995, Pages 423-444

  Lichten, Michael ^a   Goldman, Alastair S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

chiasmata; chromosome structure; crossing over; gene conversion; meiosis

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CROSSING OVER; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGUS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAIZE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEMATODA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029587470     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ge.29.120195.002231     Document Type: Review

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