Meiotic chromosome structures constrain and respond to designation of crossover sites

Diana E. Libuda, Satoru Uzawa, Barbara J. Meyer and Anne M. Villeneuve ()
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Diana E. Libuda: Stanford University, School of Medicine
Satoru Uzawa: University of California at Berkeley
Barbara J. Meyer: University of California at Berkeley
Anne M. Villeneuve: Stanford University, School of Medicine

Nature, 2013, vol. 502, issue 7473, 703-706

Abstract: Meiotic crossover regulation is proposed to operate as a self-limiting system in which meiotic chromosome structures create an environment that promotes crossovers, which in turn modify chromosome structures to inhibit crossover formation at additional neighbouring sites.

Date: 2013
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