Recombination rate variation and evolution in vertebrates

Meiotic recombination is a fundamental genetic and evolutionary process, whose successful completion is necessary for the production of egg and sperm. How meiotic recombination events are directed to the genome varies across vertebrates and remains poorly understood. By combining approaches from population genetics, genomics and phylogenetics, we will elucidate how recombination events are localized in the genome and how and why the mechanism differs across taxa.