It is thought that these proteins play a role in preventing recombination during DNA replication when it is not needed. An alternate hypothesis proposes that homologous chromosomes reside in pairs ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

Genetic recombination (also known as genetic reshuffling) is the exchange of genetic material between different organisms which leads to production of offspring with combinations of traits that differ ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

These and other studies of the PAR compared to autosomes and in spermatocytes compared to oocytes will provide critical information about this important region of the genome and help us understand the ...

Bjarni V. Halldorsson and Kari Stefansson, scientists at deCODE genetics, discuss the paper: Complete recombination map of ...

Because Y chromosomes contain completely different genes to Xs, they can’t recombine with them. Recombination is a process by ...

Scientists reveal new insights into the hidden processes driving human genetic variation with the first complete human DNA ...

One of the key stages in the evolution of different sex chromosomes is a loss of recombination—the exchange of DNA during meiosis—that is both an important mechanism for maintaining genetic diversity ...

Homologous recombination occurs when microbes exchange DNA with each other and integrate ... but the outcome in terms of ...

One traditional gene-therapy method relies on homologous recombination. The desired gene segment is placed on a small plasmid and delivered by virus or liposome, but this approach has variable ...