Patterns of recombination in snakes reveal a tug of war between PRDM9 and promoter-like features
C. R. Hoge, M. de Manuel, M. Mahgoub, N. Okami, Z. L. Fuller, S. Banerjee, Z. Baker, M. Mcnulty, P. Andolfatto, T. S. Macfarlan, M. Schumer, A. C. Tzika, M. Przeworski
The study analyzes recombination patterns in corn snakes to show that both PRDM9 and promoter-like features influence recombination, revealing a competitive interaction between these mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2023Evolutionary Biology