Recombination and Gene Flux Caused by Gene Conversion and Crossing Over in Inversion Heterokaryotypes

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Recombination and Gene Flux Caused by Gene Conversion and Crossing Over in Inversion Heterokaryotypes

A. Navarro, E. Betran, A. Barbadilla and A. Ruiz
Departament de Genetica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

A theoretical analysis of the effects of inversions on recombination and gene flux between arrangements caused by gene conversion and crossing over was carried out. Two different mathematical models of recombination were used: the Poisson model (without interference) and the Counting model (with interference). The main results are as follows. (1) Recombination and gene flux are highly site-dependent both inside and outside the inverted regions. (2) Crossing over overwhelms gene conversion as a cause of gene flux in large inversions, while conversion becomes relatively significant in short inversions and in regions around the breakpoints. (3) Under the Counting model the recombination rate between two markers depends strongly on the position of the markers along the inverted segment. Two equally spaced markers in the central part of the inverted segment have less recombination than if they are in a more extreme position. (4) Inversions affect recombination rates in the uninverted regions of the chromosome. Recombination increases in the distal segment and decreases in the proximal segment. These results provide an explanation for a number of observations reported in the literature. Because inversions are ubiquitous in the evolutionary history of many Drosophila species, the effects of inversions on recombination are expected to influence DNA variation patterns.

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