InhaltsangabeEvolution of Models of Homologous Recombination.- Searching for Homology by Filaments of RecA-Like Proteins.- Biochemistry of Meiotic Recombination: Formation, Processing, and Resolution of Recombination Intermediates.- Meiotic Chromatin: The Substrate for Recombination Initiation.- Meiotic Recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: A Paradigm for Genetic and Molecular Analysis.- Nuclear Movement Enforcing Chromosome Alignment in Fission Yeast-Meiosis Without Homolog Synapsis.- On the Origin of Meiosis in Eukaryotic Evolution: Coevolution of Meiosis and Mitosis from Feeble Beginnings.- The Legacy of the Germ Line - Maintaining Sex and Life in Metazoans: Cognitive Roots of the Concept of Hierarchical Selection.- Lessons to Learn from Ancient Asexuals.