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recombination hot spots

Sunday 7 March 2010

Recombination, together with mutation, generates the raw material of evolution, is essential for reproduction and lies at the heart of all genetic analysis.

Trans-acting systems that regulate the location and relative activity of individual hot spots have been identified.

References

- Mammalian recombination hot spots: properties, control and evolution. Paigen K, Petkov P. Nat Rev Genet. 2010 Mar;11(3):221-33. PMID: 20168297