GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Mitotic interhomolog recombination drives genomic diversity in diatoms
Petra Bulánková, Mirna Sekulić, Denis Jallet…·Lieven De Veylder
The paper shows that mitotic interhomolog recombination generates genomic diversity in diatom clonal populations, with recombination rates exceeding 4% per cell division and increasing under stress.