Application of Algebraic Topology to Homologous Recombination of DNA

Summary: Brouwer's fixed point theorem, a fundamental theorem in algebraic topology proved more than a hundred years ago, states that given any continuous map from a closed, simply connected set into itself, there is a point that is mapped unto itself. Here we point out the connection between a...

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Main Authors: Ido Braslavsky, Joel Stavans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004218300634