Exploring Meiotic Recombination and Its Potential Benefits in South African Beef Cattle: A Review.

Nozipho A Magagula, Keabetswe T Ncube, Avhashoni A Zwane, Bohani Mtileni

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Review in Veterinary sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nozipho A MagagulaDepartment of Animal Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4814-8771

Keabetswe T NcubeDepartment of Animal Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

Avhashoni A ZwaneDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.

Bohani MtileniDepartment of Animal Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5126-598X

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Abstract

Meiotic recombination is a key evolutionary process that generates novel allele combinations during prophase I of meiosis, promoting genetic diversity and enabling the selection of desirable traits in livestock breeding. Although its molecular mechanisms are well-characterised in model organisms such as humans and mice, studies in African indigenous cattle, particularly South African breeds, remain scarce. Key regulators of recombination, including

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PMID40711329

DOI10.3390/vetsci12070669

PMCPMC12300302

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