New preprint: Ubiquitous recombination gradients within plant genic regions shaped by recombination hotspots

Recombination gradients in plant genic regions

Dec 16, 2023 1 min read

My second PhD paper about meiotic recombination in plants is now accessible as a preprint in BioRXiv.

We found that recombination hostpots are ubiquitous in plant genic regions, mostly in promoters and terminators. As a consequence of this pattern, plant genic regions sequences experience recombination gradients along the coding sequence, and the middle of genes recombine less than the edge. You can find out more in the preprint awaiting for a good peer review.

Thomas Brazier
Post-doc in Genomic and Evolution

My current research interests span a broad range of molecular and population genetic processes, involving the study of evolutionary patterns at the scale of genomes, species, and populations. It includes the causes and consequences of meiotic recombination, the evolution of gene expression and genome structural variation among populations and species.