GO:0010780 / Biological Process

GO:0010780

meiotic DNA double-strand break formation involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination

The cell cycle process in which double-strand breaks are generated at defined hotspots throughout the genome during meiosis I resulting in meiotic recombination. Meiotic recombination is the cell cycle process in which double strand breaks are formed and repaired through a double Holliday junction intermediate.