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CELL
Volume 144, Issue 5, Pages 719-731Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.009
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- NIH [GM58673, HD53855, T32 GM008539]
- Royal Society
- MRC
- HFSP
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- MRC [G0800005] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0800005] Funding Source: researchfish
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The nonrandom distribution of meiotic recombination influences patterns of inheritance and genome evolution, but chromosomal features governing this distribution are poorly understood. Formation of the DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) that initiate recombination results in the accumulation of Spo11 protein covalently bound to small DNA fragments. By sequencing these fragments, we uncover a genome-wide DSB map of unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. We use this map to explore how DSB distribution is influenced by large-scale chromosome structures, chromatin, transcription factors, and local sequence composition. Our analysis offers mechanistic insight into DSB formation and early processing steps, supporting the view that the recombination terrain is molded by combinatorial and hierarchical interaction of factors that work on widely different size scales. This map illuminates the occurrence of DSBs in repetitive DNA elements, repair of which can lead to chromosomal rearrangements. We also discuss implications for evolutionary dynamics of recombination hot spots.
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