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

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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

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

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The rise and fall of a human recombination hot spot

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

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

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