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GO: Biological Process

meiotic strand invasion

Term ID
GO:0000708
Synonyms
  • meiotic D-loop biosynthesis
  • meiotic D-loop formation
  • meiotic displacement loop biosynthesis
  • meiotic displacement loop formation
Definition
The cell cycle process in which the nucleoprotein complex (composed of the broken single-strand DNA and the recombinase) searches and identifies a region of homology in intact duplex DNA. The broken single-strand DNA displaces the like strand and forms Watson-Crick base pairs with its complement, forming a duplex in which each strand is from one of the two recombining DNA molecules. This occurs during meiosis. 10915877
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