Recombination regulator PRDM9 influences the instability of its own coding sequence in humans

Genetic recombination is directed away from functional genomic elements in mice

(2012) Kevin Brick et al.   NATURE

A Fine-Scale Chimpanzee Genetic Map from Population Sequencing

(2012) A. Auton et al.   SCIENCE

Inference of human population history from individual whole-genome sequences

(2011) Heng Li et al.   NATURE

Genome-wide analysis reveals novel molecular features of mouse recombination hotspots

(2011) Fatima Smagulova et al.   NATURE

The landscape of recombination in African Americans

(2011) Anjali G. Hinch et al.   NATURE

Variation in genome-wide mutation rates within and between human families

(2011) Donald F Conrad et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Variants of the protein PRDM9 differentially regulate a set of human meiotic recombination hotspots highly active in African populations

(2011) I. L. Berg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mouse PRDM9 DNA-Binding Specificity Determines Sites of Histone H3 Lysine 4 Trimethylation for Initiation of Meiotic Recombination

(2011) Corinne Grey et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Augustine Kong et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) Ingrid L Berg et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Dynamics and processes of copy number instability in human  -globin genes

(2010) R. Neumann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Prdm9 Controls Activation of Mammalian Recombination Hotspots

(2010) E. D. Parvanov et al.   SCIENCE

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

Analysis of Genetic Inheritance in a Family Quartet by Whole-Genome Sequencing

(2010) J. C. Roach et al.   SCIENCE

Extraordinary Molecular Evolution in the PRDM9 Fertility Gene

(2009) James H. Thomas et al.   PLoS One

Accelerated Evolution of the Prdm9 Speciation Gene across Diverse Metazoan Taxa

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

Predicting DNA recognition by Cys2His2 zinc finger proteins

(2008) Anton V. Persikov et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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

(2008) Simon Myers et al.   NATURE GENETICS