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Nature Cell Biology 1, E150 - E152 (1999)
doi:10.1038/14103

DNA repair and pattern formation come together

Acaimo González-Reyes1

  1. Acaimo González-Reyes is in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK.

Correspondence to: Acaimo González-Reyes1 e-mail: agr@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk


Genetic recombination during meiosis is associated with the generation and repair of DNA lesions. Surprisingly, some of the genes involved in DNA repair in Drosophila are also required to pattern the developing egg. New data begin to reveal the basis for this connection.

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