Meiotic recombination commences with hundreds of programmed DNA breaks, however the degree to which they are accurately repaired remains poorly understood. We report that meiotic recombination is 8-fold more mutagenic for single-base substitutions than was previously understood, leading to de novo mutation in 1 in 4 human sperm and 1 in 12 human eggs. Its impact on indels and structural variants is even higher, with 100-1400-fold increases in rates per break. We uncover novel mutational signatures and footprints relative to break sites, which implicate error-prone mechanisms including translesion synthesis and end-joining repair pathways in meiotic break repair. These mechanisms drive mutagenesis in human germlines and lead to disruption of hundreds of genes genome-wide.
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As a reminder, the (gen)omics seminar series runs every other Thursday morning and is intended to increase interaction between individuals working in genomics across Oxford. We encourage in-person attendance where possible. There is time for discussion over tea, coffee and pastries after the talks.
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The aim of these seminars is to increase interaction between people working in Genomics across the University so we encourage in person attendance wherever possible.
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