Repeat-Induced Point Mutation and Gene Conversion Coinciding with Heterochromatin Shape the Genome of a Plant-Pathogenic Fungus.

Abstract excerpt

Meiosis is associated with genetic changes in the genome-via recombination, gene conversion, and mutations. The occurrence of gene conversion and mutations during meiosis may further be influenced by the chromatin conformation, similar to the effect of the chromatin conformation on the mitotic mutation rate. To date, however, the exact distribution and type of meiosis-associated changes and the role of the...

Topics

• Gene Conversion
• Point Mutation
• Heterochromatin
• Ascomycota
• Mutation
• Meiosis