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noun
A junction between four strands of DNA. They are a key intermediate in many types of genetic recombination, as well as in double-strand break repair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Named after Robin Holliday, who proposed it in 1964 to account for homologous recombination in Ustilago maydis.
