Article
[Molecular mechanism of homologous recombination in meiosis: origin and biological significance].
Tsitologiia - 1 Jan 2007
Babynin E V
Abstract excerpt
Sexual reproduction prevails among eukaryotic organisms. The problem of advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction remains a subject of not stopping discussions. According to one of the hypotheses, sexual reproduction and homologous recombination which accompanies gamete formation during meiosis has arisen to increase genetic variability and, as consequence, a fitness of organisms. Many researches...
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