Term Name: reciprocal meiotic recombination
Synonyms: female meiotic recombination, gene conversion with reciprocal crossover
Definition: The cell cycle process in which double strand breaks are formed and repaired through a single or double Holliday junction intermediate. This results in the equal exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids in a pair of homologous chromosomes. These reciprocal recombinant products ensure the proper segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis I and create genetic diversity.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007131]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: meiosis I
has parts: chiasma assembly double-strand break repair involved in meiotic recombination meiotic DNA double-strand break formation involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination meiotic DNA double-strand break processing involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination meiotic DNA recombinase assembly involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination meiotic DNA repair synthesis involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination meiotic joint molecule formation meiotic mismatch repair involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination meiotic strand invasion involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination regulation of meiotic DNA double-strand break formation involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination resolution of meiotic recombination intermediates
is a type of: meiotic cell cycle process reciprocal homologous recombination
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of reciprocal meiotic recombination
positively regulated by: positive regulation of reciprocal meiotic recombination
regulated by: regulation of reciprocal meiotic recombination