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Intron size correlates positively with recombination rate in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Mar 2004
Prachumwat Anuphap, DeVincentis Laura, Palopoli Michael F
Abstract excerpt
A negative correlation between intron size and recombination rate has been reported for the Drosophila melanogaster and human genomes. Population-genetic models suggest that this pattern could be caused by an interaction between recombination rate and the efficacy of natural selection. To test th...
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