Catalase T-deficient fission yeast meiocytes show resistance to ionizing radiation

Funding: Work in A.L.’s laboratory was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council UK (BBSRC) [grant number BB/M010996/1]. Acknowledgments: H.S. thanks M. Port, Munich, for continuous support. A.L. is grateful to J. Kohli, P. Nurse, G. Smith, M.C. Whitby, and the National BioResource Project (NBRP), Japan, for providing strains.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

DNA sequence differences are determinants of meiotic recombination outcome

Acknowledgements We are grateful to Jürg Bähler, Edgar Hartsuiker, Franz Klein, Jürg Kohli, Josef Loidl, Kim Nasmyth, Fekret Osman, Gerald R. Smith, Walter W. Steiner, and the National BioResource Project (NBRP) Japan for providing materials, and to C. Bryer, A. Mehats, and H. Rickman for technical assistance. This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council UK (BBSRC) [grant numbers BB/F016964/1, BB/M010996/1], the University of Aberdeen (College of Life Sciences and Medicine Start-up grant to AL), and the Wellcome Trust (Programme grant to MCW) [grant number 090767/Z/09/Z].Peer reviewedPreprintPublisher PD

Gene conversion : a non-Mendelian process integral to meiotic recombination

Open access via Springer compact agreement We are grateful to Pete Carlton and Diana Libuda for discussing meiotic recombination in C. elegans. We acknowledge funding by the EASTBIO doctoral training partnership of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council UK (BBSRC) [grant No. BB/M010996/1].Peer reviewedPublisher PD