Protein sets stage for exchanges of DNA code in eggs and sperm

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 15:31 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have discovered a regulatory protein that influences where genetic material gets swapped between maternal and paternal chromosomes during the process of creating eggs and sperm. The findings shed light on the roots of chromosomal errors and gene diversity.

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