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homologous recombination

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homologous recombination [hə¦mäl·ə·gə ‚re·käm·bə′nā·shən]
(genetics)
Deoxyribonucleic acid exchange between identical chromosome regions on homologous chromosomes that occurs naturally during meiosis.


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Earlier it was found that a protein molecule named Srs2 regulates homologous recombination by counteracting the work of another protein, Rad51.
Topics include discussions of research in the following areas: an introduction to gene mapping, phylogenetics in the face of lteral gene transfers, the role of recombination in the post-genomic era, genomic DNA rearrangement in the brain, natural genetic recombination of pathogens, the extent and limits of genetic recombination, and homologous recombination and innocuous intron elimination.
 
 
 
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