Predicted to enable double-stranded DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination. Predicted to act upstream of or within DNA recombination and meiotic cell cycle. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in branchial arch; central nervous system; embryo; forelimb bud; and somite. Orthologous to human MND1 (meiotic nuclear divisions 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]