PROVENANCE. “That Spo11 was present in the last eukaryotic common ancestor can be inferred by its presence in all of the major eukaryotic lineages studied thus far, with the notable exception of Dictyostelium discoidium and closely related slime molds that have apparently lost Spo11 but undergo complete meiotic sexual cycles.”
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