A thread about how meiotic recombination is directed to the genome in vertebrates, discovered by studying corn snakes. Work with @choge.bsky.social@mollyprz.bsky.social, and co-authors: 1/n

In the past 15 years, there has been immense progress in our understanding of how the locations of recombination events are specified in mammals, propelled by evidence from mouse & population genetics (e.g., tinyurl.com/2kz54ejdtinyurl.com/4b4mpt89). 2/n