recombination: Quick Facts

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homologous recombination site-specific recombination crossing over Holliday junction mutation gene genomic imprinting genetic marker genetic code transposon oncogene tumor suppressor gene linkage group allele What’s the Difference Between a Gene and an Allele?homeotic gene

Key People

English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.

Jack W. Szostak

English-born American biochemist and geneticist

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Thomas Steitz

American biophysicist and biochemist

Joshua Lederberg, 1958.

Joshua Lederberg

American geneticist

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Guido Pontecorvo

Italian geneticist