Crossing Over Is Rarely Associated With Mitotic Intragenic Recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Corresponding author: Jeffrey B. Virgin, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, VA Medical Ctr., 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 90108., jvirgin{at}u.washington.edu (E-mail)

Communicating editor: L. S. SYMINGTON

Chromosomal rearrangements can result from crossing over during ectopic homologous recombination between dispersed repetitive DNA. We have previously shown that meiotic ectopic recombination between artificially dispersed ade6 heteroalleles in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe frequently results in chromosomal rearrangements. The same recombination substrates have been studied in mitotic recombination. Ectopic recombination rates in haploids were 1–4 x 10^-6 recombinants per cell generation, similar to allelic recombination rates in diploids. In contrast, ectopic recombination rates in heterozygous diploids were 2.5–70 times lower than allelic recombination or ectopic recombination in haploids. These results suggest that diploid-specific factors inhibit ectopic recombination. Very few crossovers occurred in ade6 mitotic recombination, either allelic or ectopic. Allelic intragenic recombination was associated with 2% crossing over, and ectopic recombination between multiple different pairing partners showed 1–7% crossing over. These results contrast sharply with the 35–65% crossovers associated with meiotic ade6 recombination and suggest either differential control of resolution of recombination intermediates or alternative pathways of recombination in mitosis and meiosis.

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