Average genomic recombination rates

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Organism Mammals
Reference Dumont BL, Payseur BA. Evolution of the genomic rate of recombination in mammals. Evolution. 2008 Feb62(2):276-94. p.281 table 2PubMed ID18067567
Method "[Researchers] measured average genomic recombination rates in 13 mammalian species by dividing the total sex-averaged genetic map length (in cM) of a given species by its physical genome size in Mb (table 2)."
Comments "Several patterns indicate that the substantial length variation among mammalian genetic maps reflects bona fide recombination rate differences between species rather than differences in map coverage and resolution (table 2)."
Entered by Uri M
ID 107023