Atypical ploidy cycles, Spo11, and the evolution of meiosis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-164

  Bloomfield, Gareth ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Chiasmata; Evolution; Meiosis; Protists

Indexed keywords

SPO11 PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION PROTEIN SPO11;

AMOEBA (GENUS); BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; CROSSING OVER; DICTYOSTELIIDA; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTIST; REVIEW; SEXUAL CYCLE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MEIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES;

EID: 84960156570     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.01.026     Document Type: Review

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