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SUBMITTER: Fu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC117433 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fu Huihua H Zheng Zhenwei Z Dooner Hugo K HK
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020115 2
Genetic map length and gene number in eukaryotes vary considerably less than genome size, giving rise to the hypothesis that recombination is restricted to genes. The complex genome of maize contains a large fraction of repetitive DNA, composed principally of retrotransposons arranged in clusters. Here, we assess directly the contribution of retrotransposon clusters and genes to genetic length. We first measured recombination across adjacent homozygous genetic intervals on either side of the bro ...[more]