Homologous Recombination in Higher Plants: Clues from fasciata1-4, a New Chromatin Formation Mutant of Arabidopsis

Abstract

Genetic recombination is one of the most fundamental and significant events in the history of life because it plays a central role in creating genetic diversity and safeguarding and maintaining genomic integrity. Homologous recombination (HR) was first described by Thomas Hunt Morgan ([Morgan, 1916