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Induced mitotic recombination: a switch in time

Nature Genetics volume 30, pages 6–7 (2002)Cite this article

It makes sense that our genome has evolved to have two copies of every gene—just in case something goes wrong, you still have a spare. But from the perspective of a geneticist, a diploid genome makes finding causative genes somewhat of a challenge, or at best, time consuming. One solution may be induced mitotic recombination.

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Figure 2: Cre-ating a mosaic.

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