Meiotic recombination: A mechanism for tracking and eliminating mutations?

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 411-419

  McKee, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; MUTATION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; GENE CONVERSION; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEIOSIS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030136843     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180511     Document Type: Article

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