Sentences with phrase «recombination during meiosis»

Because the chromosomes of each parent undergo genetic recombination during meiosis, each gamete, and thus each zygote, will have a unique genetic blueprint encoded in its DNA.

Abrams suggests that p53 helps control recombination during meiosis — and that this was its original role.

Not exact matches

This genetic recombination takes place during a specialized form of cell division called meiosis.

Recombination refers to the formation of new combinations of genes naturally during meiosis, which is a stage of the cell cycle where chromosomes pair up and undergo exchange.

To understand this lesser known phenomenon, the Cole lab (Zelazowski M et al, Cell, 2017) has directly studied chromosome recombination during male meiosis in juvenile and adult mice.