Friday Lectures
Friday, November 30, 2018 3:45 p.m
Caspary Auditorium
Molly Przeworski Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology
Columbia University
An Evolutionary Perspective on Meiotic Recombination in Vertebrates
Recommended Readings:
Science News
Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, Joe Pickrell and Molly Przeworski. Evolutionary geneticists spot natural selection happening now in people. September 11, 2017. The Conversation
Empirical Articles
Schumer, Molly; Xu, Chenling; Powell, Daniel L.; et al. (2018). Natural selection interacts with recombination to shape the evolution of hybrid genomes. SCIENCE. 360 (6389): 656-659
Baker, Zachary; Schumer, Molly; Haba, Yuki; et al. (2017). Repeated losses of PRDM9-directed recombination despite the conservation of PRDM9 across vertebrates. ELIFE. 6
Singhal, Sonal; Leffler, Ellen M.; Sannareddy, Keerthi; et al. (2015). Stable recombination hotspots in birds. SCIENCE. 350 (6263): 928-932
Auton, Adam; Fledel-Alon, Adi; Pfeifer, Susanne; et al. (2012). A Fine-Scale Chimpanzee Genetic Map from Population Sequencing. SCIENCE. 336 (6078): 193-198
Segurel, Laure; Leffler, Ellen Miranda; Przeworski, Molly. (2011). The Case of the Fickle Fingers: How the PRDM9 Zinc Finger Protein Specifies Meiotic Recombination Hotspots in Humans. PLOS BIOLOGY. 9 (12)
Fledel-Alon, Adi; Leffler, Ellen Miranda; Guan, Yongtao; et al. (2011). Variation in Human Recombination Rates and Its Genetic Determinants. PLOS ONE.
Review Paper
Sella, Guy; Petrov, Dmitri A.; Przeworski, Molly; et al. (2009). Pervasive Natural Selection in the Drosophila Genome?. PLOS GENETICS. 5 (6)
Coop, Graham; Przeworski, Molly. (2007). An evolutionary view of human recombination. . 8 (1): 23-34
Book Chapter
Segurel, Laure; Wyman, Minyoung J.; Przeworski, Molly. (2014). Determinants of Mutation Rate Variation in the Human Germline. ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENOMICS AND HUMAN GENETICS. 15: 47-70