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Inherited individual variations influence patterns of gene shuffling

The first large-scale, high-resolution study of human genetic recombination has found remarkably high levels of individual variation in genetic exchange, the process by which parents pass on a mosaic-like mixture of their genes. The high-resolution enables the researchers to map out the precise location of where these genetic exchanges occur and assess the differences in recombination rates between individuals.

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