Variation in recombination frequency and distribution across eukaryotes: patterns and processes
ETH Zurich · University of Bern · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Recombination, the exchange of DNA between maternal and paternal chromosomes during meiosis, is an essential feature of sexual reproduction in nearly all multicellular organisms. While the role of recombination in the evolution of sex has received theoretical and empirical attention, less is known about how recombination rate itself evolves and what influence this has on evolutionary processes within sexually reproducing organisms. Here, we explore the patterns of, and processes governing recombination in eukaryotes. We summarize patterns of variation, integrating current knowledge with an analysis of linkage map data in 353 organisms. We then discuss proximate and ultimate processes governing recombination…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 27.10
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 217
Authors
5- JSJessica StapleyCorresponding
ETH Zurich
- PGPhiline G. D. Feulner
University of Bern, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
- SESusan E. Johnston
University of Edinburgh
- AWAnna W. Santure
University of Auckland
- CMCarole M. Smadja
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université de Montpellier, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Topics & keywords
- Recombination
- Biology
- Evolutionary biology
- Variation (astronomy)
- Meiosis
- Multicellular organism
- Genetic recombination
- Sexual reproduction
Funding
- NSNational Science Foundation
- SNSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungAwards: 31003A_163446, 160812, 310030E
- ETEidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
- CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- CNComisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y TecnológicaAward: 31003A_163446 and 310030E-160812