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Mixed Outcomes in Recombination Rates After Domestication: Revisiting Theory and Data.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2025
Bursell Madeline, Rohilla Manav, Ramirez Lucia, Cheng Yuhuan, Schwarzkopf Enrique J, Guerrero Rafael F, Smukowski Heil Caiti
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The process of domestication has altered many phenotypes. Selection on these phenotypes has long been hypothesised to indirectly select for increases in the genome-wide recombination rate. This hypothesis is potentially consistent with theory on the evolution of the recombination rate, but empirical support has been unclear. We review relevant theory, lab-based experiments, and data comparing recombination rates...
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