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Section on Replication & Recombination in the Mammalian Germline

of the Genetics & Biochemistry Branch

Photo of Florencia Pratto, Ph.D.
Investigating the molecular mechanisms and regulation of meiotic replication and recombination and their impact in genetic diversity and genome instability.
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Meiotic recombination mirrors patterns of germline replication in mice and humans.
Pratto F, Brick K, Cheng G, Lam KG, Cloutier JM, Dahiya D, Wellard SR, Jordan PW, Camerini-Otero RD.
Cell (2021 Aug 5) 184:4251-4267.e20. Abstract/Full Text
Cell-type-specific genomics reveals histone modification dynamics in mammalian meiosis.
Lam KG, Brick K, Cheng G, Pratto F, Camerini-Otero RD.
Nat Commun (2019 Aug 23) 10:3821. Abstract/Full Text
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