meiotic joint molecule formation

id: GO:0000709
name: meiotic joint molecule formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The conversion of the paired broken DNA and homologous duplex DNA into a four-stranded branched intermediate, known as a joint molecule, formed during meiotic recombination. These joint molecules contain Holliday junctions on either side of heteroduplex DNA.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0022402cell cycle process