Consequences of recombination for the evolution of the mating type locus in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
A. R. Hasan, J. K. Duggal, R. W. Ness
The paper examines recombination's role in the evolution of the mating type locus in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, finding that gene conversion reduces differentiation and prevents degeneration.
bioRxiv · Mar 1, 2019Evolutionary Biology