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Tetrad analysis in the mouse

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Meiotic tetrad analysis is a powerful tool for analyzing all four products of a single meiosis. A new method for tetrad analysis in mammals provides valuable insights into the mechanisms that mediate the exchange of DNA sequences between homologs during meiosis and their influence on the evolution of recombination hotspots.

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Figure 1: Tetrad analysis allows the recovery of all four products of a single meiosis.

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  1. and the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Danny E. Miller and R. Scott Hawley are at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.,

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Miller, D., Hawley, R. Tetrad analysis in the mouse. Nat Genet 46, 1045–1046 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3104

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