GO biological process ontology term - GO:0042138 - meiotic DNA double-strand break formation
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0042138
- Name
- meiotic DNA double-strand break formation
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The cell cycle process in which double-strand breaks are generated at defined hotspots throughout the genome during meiosis I. This results in the initiation of meiotic recombination.