Recombination and Meiosis Models, Means, and Evolution /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Egel, Richard (Editor), Lankenau, Dirk-Henner (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Genome Dynamics and Stability, 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Human genetics.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Plant genetics.; Animal genetics.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Human Genetics.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Once per life cycle, mitotic nuclear divisions are replaced by meiosis I and II—reducing chromosome number from the diploid level to a haploid genome and recombining chromosome arms by crossing-over. In animals, all this happens during formation of eggs and sperm—in yeasts before spore formation. Th...