New paper on genetic recombination during meiosis

The first results from our collaboration with Raphael Mercier from MPI-PZ was recently published in Nature Communications. In this paper, we describe how little droplets on condensed chromosomes determine where the maternal and paternal chromosomes combine during meiosis. Our work provides evidence for a recently emerged coarsening model in this important step during sexual reproduction.

• Dual control of meiotic crossover patterning
  S. Durand, Q. Lian, J. Jing, M. Ernst, M. Grelon, D. Zwicker, and R. Mercier
  Nat. Commun., 13, 5999, [preprint at bioRxiv]