Lecture 2: Models of meiosis

In the textbooks

• P Sham: Sections 3.1-3.3 (pages 51-58)
• K Lange: Chapter 12 (pp 206-227)
• J Ott: Sections 1.3-1.6 (pp 9-23), 6.4-6.7 (pp 124-144), 10.1-10.2 (pp 211-215)

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