The Sex-Specific Impact of Meiotic Recombination on Nucleotide Composition

Meiotic recombination is an important evolutionary force shaping the nucleotide landscape of genomes. For most vertebrates, the frequency of recombination varies slightly or considerably between the sexes (heterochiasmy). In humans, male, rather than female, recombination rate has been found to be m...

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Main Authors: Popa, Alexandra, Samollow, Paul, Gautier, Christian, Mouchiroud, Dominique
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3318449/