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ArticleScience advances2026

Transgenerational chromosome repair in the asexual bdelloid rotifer

Antoine Houtain, Marc Llirós Dupré, Boris Hespeels, Émilien Nicolas, Paul Simion, Julie Virgo, Anne-Catherine Heuskin, Thomas Lenormand, Bernard Hallet, Karine Van Doninck

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Antoine HoutainMolecular Biology and Evolution (MBE), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels 1050, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6489-6868
Marc Llirós DupréResearch Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology (URBE), Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE), University of Namur, Namur 5000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8456-4230
Boris HespeelsResearch Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology (URBE), Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE), University of Namur, Namur 5000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2678-4352
Émilien NicolasMolecular Biology and Evolution (MBE), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels 1050, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7583-4902
Paul SimionResearch Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology (URBE), Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE), University of Namur, Namur 5000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6667-3297
Julie VirgoResearch Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology (URBE), Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE), University of Namur, Namur 5000, Belgium.
Anne-Catherine HeuskinNARILIS, Université de Namur, Namur 5000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4960-5284
Thomas LenormandCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier 34293, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8930-5393
Bernard HalletLIBST, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6707-6382
Karine Van DoninckMolecular Biology and Evolution (MBE), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels 1050, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4790-8951

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homologous recombination is an essential DNA repair mechanism that also promotes chromosome pairing and ensures allele segregation during meiosis in sexual organisms. Here, we explore the dual function of homologous recombination in the bdelloid rotifer

Indexed as

Homologous RecombinationRotiferaAnimalsChromosome AberrationsChromosomesGenome, HelminthGenomic Structural VariationLoss of HeterozygosityNanopore SequencingRecombination, GeneticReproduction, AsexualTelomere

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PMID42726870
PMCPMC13564844

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