Recombination Rate Variation in Social Insects: An Adaptive Perspective.

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Social insects have the highest rates of meiotic recombination among Metazoa, but there is considerable variation within the Hymenoptera. We synthesize the literature to investigate several hypotheses for these elevated recombination rates. We reexamine the long-standing Red Queen hypothesis, considering how social aspects of immunity could lead to increases in recombination. We examine the possibility of...

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