Timing of appearance of new mutations during yeast meiosis and their association with recombination.

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Mutations in budding yeast occur in meiosis at higher frequencies than in cells grown vegetatively. In contrast to mutations that occur in somatic cells, meiotic mutations have a special, long-range impact on evolution, because they are transferred to the following generations through the gametes. Understanding the mechanistic basis of meiotic mutagenicity is still lacking, however. Here, we report studies of...

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