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Genetics
; 165(2): 929-34, 2003 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14573499
ABSTRACT
The subtelomeric DNA sequences from chromosome I of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are shown to be inherently poor substrates for meiotic recombination. On the basis of these results and prior observations that crossovers near telomeres do not promote efficient meiosis I segregation, we suggest that subtelomeric sequences evolved to prevent recombination from occurring where it cannot promote efficient segregation.