Chromosome size affects sequence divergence between species through the interplay of recombination and selection
A. Tigano, R. Khan, A. D. Omer, D. Weisz, O. Dudchenko, A. S. Multani, S. Pathak, R. D. Behringer, E. L. Aiden, H. Fisher, M. D. MacManes
The paper investigates how chromosome size influences sequence divergence between species by analyzing empirical data and evolutionary simulations across mammalian clades.
bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2021Evolutionary Biology