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Effects of inversions on within- and between-species recombination and divergence.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2011
Stevison Laurie S, Hoehn Kenneth B, Noor Mohamed A F
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal inversions disrupt recombination in heterozygotes by both reducing crossing-over within inverted regions and increasing it elsewhere in the genome. The reduction of recombination in inverted regions facilitates the maintenance of hybridizing species, as outlined by various models of chromosomal speciation. We present a comprehensive comparison of the effects of inversions on recombination rates and on...
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