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Sex-related differences in crossing over in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Oct 1990
Zetka M C, Rose A M
Abstract excerpt
In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, hermaphrodite recombination has been characterized and is the basis of the genetic map used in this organism. In this study we have examined male recombination on linkage group I and have found it to be approximately one-third less than that observed in the hermaphrodite. This decrease was interval-dependent and nonuniform. We observed less recombination in the male in 5...
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