The Red Queen theory of recombination hotspots

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-553

  Ubeda F ^a,b   Wilkins, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biased transmission; Cold alleles; Double strand break; Gene conversion; Hot alleles; Model; Recombination hotspot paradox; Repair mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CHROMOSOME; GENE TRANSFER; RECOMBINATION; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; SELF ORGANIZATION;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSING OVER; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 79951755719     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02187.x     Document Type: Article

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