GO biological process ontology term - GO:0000710 - meiotic mismatch repair
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0000710
- Name
- meiotic mismatch repair
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- A system for the identification and correction of base-base mismatches, small insertion-deletion loops, and regions of heterology that are present in duplex DNA formed with strands from two recombining molecules. Correction of the mismatch can result in non-Mendelian segregation of alleles following meiosis.
