Population genetics theory supplies powerful predictions about how natural selection
interacts with genetic linkage to sculpt the genomic landscape of nucleotide polymorphism …

Recently diverged taxa may continue to exchange genes. A number of models of speciation
with gene flow propose that the frequency of gene exchange will be lower in genomic …

Recombination is a fundamental biological process with profound evolutionary implications.
Theory predicts that recombination increases the effectiveness of selection in natural …

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 …

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 …

Meiosis is a key event of sexual life cycles in eukaryotes. Its mechanistic details have been
uncovered in several model organisms, and most of its essential features have received …

Despite their importance to successful meiosis and various evolutionary processes, meiotic
recombination rates sometimes vary within species or between closely related species. For …

I review theoretical models for the evolution of supergenes in the cases of B atesian mimicry
in butterflies, distylous plants and sex chromosomes. For each of these systems, I outline the …

In the early stages of reproductive isolation, genomic regions of reduced recombination are
expected to show greater levels of differentiation, either because gene flow between species …

The consequences of selection at linked sites are multiple and widespread across the
genomes of most species. Here, I first review the main concepts behind models of selection …