Evolution: Is Recombination Rate Variation Adaptive?

Authors

Beth L Dumont, The Jackson LaboratoryFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-20-2020

Keywords

JMG

JAX Source

Curr Biol 2020 Apr 20; 30(8):R351-R353

Volume

30

Issue

8

First Page

351

Last Page

351

ISSN

1879-0445

PMID

32315634

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.061

Abstract

Recombination rates vary between species and individuals, but the evolutionary significance of this variation remains unknown. A new study demonstrates that recombination rate divergence in two natural populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura has been driven by adaptive evolution.

Recommended Citation

Dumont B. Evolution: Is Recombination Rate Variation Adaptive? Curr Biol 2020 Apr 20; 30(8):R351-R353