Unexpectedly low recombination rates and presence of hotspots in termite genomes

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Genome-wide decay of LD measured as r2 versus distance (base pairs) between SNPs for the two termite species (M. bellicosus, dark red; C. secundus, yellow) and honey bees (A. mellifera scutellata, blue) (data from Wallberg et al. 2017).

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  1. Genome Res. 35: 1124-1137

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