New lab preprint by John McAuley et al: the genetic architecture of recombination rates is sexually-dimorphic and polygenic in wild house sparrows. What have we found…? A 🧵👇https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.26.525019v2

We used pedigree and SNP data from the ✨amazing✨ long-term study of house sparrows in Helgeland, Norway, to quantify recombination in gametes transmitted from parents to offspring.

I'm using this as a case study for a final I'm giving. It brings together all the coolest quantitative genetic things!

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