Could anybody tell me, in fairly simple terms, why (according to the
Holliday model) branch migration occurs during genetic recombination? Is
this considered a phase which developed to increase evolvability of an
organism (through gene conversion, which I assume has some evolutionary
significance) - or is it just a consequence of chemistry or a side effect of
some other cellular mechanisms?
Thanks for any help. I'm but a computer scientist trying to understand
biology!
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Michael Adam Lones
Biologically-Inspired Systems
Department of Electronics
University of York
England
