Meiotic recombination: a mechanism for tracking and eliminating mutations?

Abstract excerpt

The function of meiotic recombination has remained controversial, despite recent inroads into mechanisms. Ideas concerning a possible role of recombination in the elimination or efficient incorporation of mutations have been backed by theoretical studies but have lacked empirical support. Recent...

Topics

• Animals
• Gene Conversion
• Heterozygote
• Major Histocompatibility Complex
• Meiosis
• Mice
• Models, Genetic
• Mutation
• Recombination, Genetic
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Transcription, Genetic