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Genetic recombination variation in wild Robertsonian mice: on the role of chromosomal fusions and Prdm9 allelic background.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jul 2014
Capilla Laia, Medarde Nuria, Alemany-Schmidt Alexandra, Oliver-Bonet Maria, Ventura Jacint, Ruiz-Herrera Aurora
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Despite the existence of formal models to explain how chromosomal rearrangements can be fixed in a population in the presence of gene flow, few empirical data are available regarding the mechanisms by which genome shuffling contributes to speciation, especially in mammals. In order to shed light on this intriguing evolutionary process, here we present a detailed empirical study that shows how Robertsonian (Rb)...
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