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AtSPO11-1 is necessary for efficient meiotic recombination in plants.
The EMBO journal - 1 Feb 2001
Grelon M, Vezon D, Gendrot G, Pelletier G
Abstract excerpt
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spo11 protein catalyses DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) that initiate meiotic recombination. The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana possesses at least three SPO11 homologues. T-DNA and ethyl-methane sulfonate mutagenesis allowed us to show that meiotic progression is altered in plants in which the AtSPO11-1 gene is disrupted. Both male and female meiocytes formed very few bivalents....
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