Multiple mechanisms of meiotic recombination.
In this issue, reveal that different meiotic recombination mechanisms predominate in fission yeast and budding yeast. Budding yeast usually form crossover recombinants through double Holliday junctions, whereas fission yeast unexpectedly appear to form crossover recombinants through single junctions.
Bishop
Douglas K
DK
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, 920 E. 58(th) Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. dbishop@uchicago.edu
D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded; D045566:DNA, Cruciform; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D008540:Meiosis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*
D045566:DNA, Cruciform; D004271:DNA, Fungal