chromosome breakage

id: GO:0031052
name: chromosome breakage
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Regulated cleavage of the developing macronuclear genome at a limited number of chromosome breakage sites (CBS). The macronuclear destined segment (MDS) sequence adjacent to the CBS (or separated from it by a BES) receives a macronuclear telomere following chromosome breakage.

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