Prdm9, a Major Determinant of Meiotic Recombination Hotspots, Is Not Functional in Dogs and Their Wild Relatives, Wolves and Coyotes

What are the genomic drivers of the rapid evolution of PRDM9?

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An Insertion in the RSPO2 Gene Correlates with Improper Coat in the Portuguese Water Dog

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Fine-scale recombination rate differences between sexes, populations and individuals

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PRDM9 marks the spot

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PRDM9 variation strongly influences recombination hot-spot activity and meiotic instability in humans

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Mammalian recombination hot spots: properties, control and evolution

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Prdm9 Controls Activation of Mammalian Recombination Hotspots

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Drive Against Hotspot Motifs in Primates Implicates the PRDM9 Gene in Meiotic Recombination

(2010) S. Myers et al.   SCIENCE

PRDM9 Is a Major Determinant of Meiotic Recombination Hotspots in Humans and Mice

(2010) F. Baudat et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic Control of Hotspots

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Distinct histone modifications define initiation and repair of meiotic recombination in the mouse

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Extraordinary Molecular Evolution in the PRDM9 Fertility Gene

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Coat Variation in the Domestic Dog Is Governed by Variants in Three Genes

(2009) E. Cadieu et al.   SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Control of the Distribution of Meiotic Recombination

(2009) Corinne Grey et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Trans-Regulation of Mouse Meiotic Recombination Hotspots by Rcr1

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Accelerated Evolution of the Prdm9 Speciation Gene across Diverse Metazoan Taxa

(2009) Peter L. Oliver et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genetic Analysis of Variation in Human Meiotic Recombination

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Fossil dogs and wolves from Palaeolithic sites in Belgium, the Ukraine and Russia: osteometry, ancient DNA and stable isotopes

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The Legacy of Domestication: Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations in the Dog Genome

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A common sequence motif associated with recombination hot spots and genome instability in humans

(2008) Simon Myers et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Sperm cross-over activity in regions of the human genome showing extreme breakdown of marker association

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A Mutation in Hairless Dogs Implicates FOXI3 in Ectodermal Development

(2008) Cord Drögemüller et al.   SCIENCE

Sequence Variants in the RNF212 Gene Associate with Genome-Wide Recombination Rate

(2008) A. Kong et al.   SCIENCE

A Mouse Speciation Gene Encodes a Meiotic Histone H3 Methyltransferase

(2008) O. Mihola et al.   SCIENCE

The Recombinational Anatomy of a Mouse Chromosome

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