Recombination, the exchange of DNA between maternal and paternal chromosomes during
meiosis, is an essential feature of sexual reproduction in nearly all multicellular organisms …

Recombination is a central biological process with implications for many areas in the life
sciences. Yet we are only beginning to appreciate variation in the recombination rate along …

The precise pattern and timing of speciation events that gave rise to all living placental
mammals remain controversial. We provide a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of …

Human activity has caused dramatic population declines in many wild species. The resulting
bottlenecks have a profound impact on the genetic makeup of a species with unknown …

The DNA-binding protein PRDM9 has a critical role in specifying meiotic recombination
hotspots in mice and apes, but it appears to be absent from other vertebrate species …

Inbreeding (mating between relatives) can dramatically reduce the fitness of offspring by
causing parts of the genome to be identical by descent. Thus, measuring individual …

Detailed linkage and recombination rate maps are necessary to use the full potential of
genome sequencing and population genomic analyses. We used a custom collared …

Twentieth century industrial whaling pushed several species to the brink of extinction, with
fin whales being the most impacted. However, a small, resident population in the Gulf of …

Pumas are the most widely distributed felid in the Western Hemisphere. Increasingly,
however, human persecution and habitat loss are isolating puma populations. To explore …

Understanding the causes and consequences of variation in the rate of recombination is
essential since this parameter is considered to affect levels of genetic variability, the efficacy …