For instance, one study explored the role of the synaptonemal complex and the protein HEI10 in controlling crossover patterns during meiosis. It was found that overexpressing HEI10 increases the ...

Selection minimizes crossing over. Despite its obvious biological ... marking through germ cell maturation and entry into meiosis. Finally, we do not understand multiple aspects of sex specificity ...

During meiosis, the cell division process central ... They somehow measure both sides from the crossover—the point at which chromosomes from each parent exchange genetic material—to each ...