Recapitulating the length polymorphism of RS3, a composite microsatellite implicated in human social behavior, via recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Catie E. Kean, Elina A. Radchenko, Noah M. Lindenbaum, Grace Materne, Sergei M. Mirkin
The paper studies the source of RS3 microsatellite length polymorphism in humans by recapitulating it in yeast and finding it results from recombination.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2025 · PreprintGenetics