RAD51AP2 is required for efficient meiotic recombination between X and Y chromosomes
Hui Ma, Tao Li, Xuefeng Xie, Long Jiang, Jingwei Ye, Chenjia Gong, Hanwei Jiang, Suixing Fan, Huan Zhang, Baolu Shi, Beibei Zhang, Xiaohua Jiang, Yang Li, Jianteng Zhou, Jianze Xu, Xingxia Zhang, Xiaoning Hou, Hao Yin, Yuanwei Zhang, Qinghua Shi
Abstract
mutant mice results from compromised DSB repair in PARs due to destabilization of recombination intermediates rather than defects in DSB generation or synapsis. Our findings provide direct experimental evidence that XY recombination may use a PAR-specific DSB repair mechanism mediated by factors that are not essential for recombination on autosomes.
Topics & Concepts
MeiosisRecombinationGeneticsHomologous recombinationBiologyComputational biologyComputer sciencePhysicsDNAGeneDNA Repair MechanismsCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringChromosomal and Genetic Variations