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HapMap methylation-associated SNPs, markers of germline DNA methylation, positively correlate with regional levels of human meiotic recombination.
Genome research - 1 Apr 2009
Sigurdsson Martin I, Smith Albert V, Bjornsson Hans T, Jonsson Jon J
Abstract excerpt
Inter-individual and regional variability in recombination rates cannot be fully explained by the DNA sequence itself. Epigenetic mechanisms might be one additional factor affecting recombination. A biochemical approach to studying human germline methylation is difficult. We used the density of the 434,198 nonredundant methylation-associated SNPs (mSNPs) in the derived allele HapMap data set as a surrogate marker...
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