The analysis of polymorphism data is becoming increasingly important as a complementary
tool to classical genetic analyses. Nevertheless, despite plunging sequencing costs …

Population genetics theory supplies powerful predictions about how natural selection
interacts with genetic linkage to sculpt the genomic landscape of nucleotide polymorphism …

REVIEW Most higher organisms reproduce sexually, despite the automatic reproductive
advantage experienced by asexual variants. This implies the operation of selective forces …

There is great interest in the patterns and extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in humans
and other species. Characterizing LD is of central importance for gene-mapping studies and …

This report of independent genome sequences of two natural populations of Drosophila
melanogaster (37 from North America and 6 from Africa) provides unique insight into forces …

Levels of recombination vary among species, among chromosomes within species, and
among regions within chromosomes in mammals. This heterogeneity may affect levels of …

The phylogenetic relationship of the now fully sequenced species Drosophila erecta and D.
yakuba with respect to the D. melanogaster species complex has been a subject of …

Speciation can be viewed as the evolution of restrictions on the freedom of genetic
recombination: new combinations of alleles can be generated within species, but alleles …

It is widely accepted that the genomic distribution of transposable elements (TEs) mainly
reflects the outcome of purifying selection and insertion bias. Nevertheless, the relative …

Recombination has essential functions in mammalian meiosis, which impose several
constraints on the recombination process. However, recent studies have shown that, in spite …