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Effects of recombination on hitchhiking diversity in the Brassica self-incompatibility locus complex.
Genetics - 1 Oct 2007
Takuno Shohei, Fujimoto Ryo, Sugimura Tetsu, Sato Keiichi, Okamoto Shunsuke, Zhang Shao-Ling, Nishio Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
In self-incompatibility, a number of S haplotypes are maintained by frequency-dependent selection, which results in trans-specific S haplotypes. The region of several kilobases (approximately 40-60 kb) from SP6 to SP2, including self-incompatibility-related genes and some adjacent genes in Brassica rapa, has high nucleotide diversity due to the hitchhiking effect, and therefore we call this region the "S-locus...
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