Causes and Consequences of Recombination Rate Variation

<p>Recombination is the process in which genetic material is exchanged between one's homologous chromosome pairs during egg or sperm development (meiosis). Recombination is necessary for proper segregation of chromosomes during meiosis, and also plays a role in purging deleterious mutatio...

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Main Author: Smukowski Heil, Caitlin
Other Authors: Noor, Mohamed AF
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/8683