Aditya Mahadevan Iyer, Ph.D.

Meiotic recombination is required to produce gametes in all sexually reproducing organisms. Additionally, recombination provides the raw material for evolution to act upon and makes the science of genetics possible. Given that meiotic recombination occurs in the context of dynamically changing chromatin, how DNA and proteins are organized at hotspots to establish a permissive environment for successful introduction and resolution of double-strand breaks (DSBs) remains a fundamental question in reproductive biology. My overarching research goal is to understand the mechanisms regulating chromatin organization during meiosis and spermatogenesis.

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