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ReviewGenes2026

The Origin and the Adaptive Function of Genetic Recombination in Sexual Reproduction.

Carol Bernstein, Harris Bernstein

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Review in Genes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Carol BernsteinDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Harris BernsteinDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic recombination occurs in many organisms, from simple RNA viruses to mammals and plants with DNA genomes. In sexual reproduction, two parental genomes come together and undergo recombination, producing an offspring genome with a combination of information from the two parental genomes. Genome recombination that occurs during sexual reproduction can involve any one of several mechanisms, including copy-choice recombination as well as breakage and exchange. Across widely different organisms, recombination is generally promoted by factors that damage the genetic material. In organisms such as bacteriophage and

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Recombination, GeneticReproductionAnimalsbreakage and exchangeDNA damageDNA repairrecombinationsexual reproductionsynthesis-dependent strand annealing

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PMID42510790
PMCPMC13408726

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