Primary Recipient

SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE

Amount

$291,750.00

Award Date

9/22/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Recombination that occurs during meiosis is essential for genetic diversity, species fitness, and evolution. Here the shuffling of chromosomes does not occur at random but rather at distinct hotspots in eukaryotic genomes. The anatomy and control of recom