Using Crossover Breakpoints in Recombinant Inbred Lines to Identify Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling the Global Recombination Frequency

From: Genetics | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Buckler, Edward S; Pawlowski, Wojciech P; Szymaniak, Jessica M; Yates, Heather; Esch, Elisabeth | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Recombination is a crucial component of evolution and breeding, producing new genetic combinations on which selection can act. Rates of recombination vary tremendously, not only between species but also within species and for specific chromosomal segments. In this study, by examining recombination events captured in recombinant inbred mapping populations previously created for maize, wheat, Arabidopsis, and mouse, we demonstrate that substantial variation exists for genomewide...

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