Analysis of the recombination landscape of hexaploid bread wheat reveals genes controlling recombination and gene conversion frequency.
Laura-Jayne GardinerLuzie U WingenPaul BaileyRyan JoynsonThomas BrabbsJonathan WrightJames D HigginsNeil HallSimon GriffithsBernardo J ClavijoAnthony J W HallPublished in: Genome biology (2019)
This is the first gene to be demonstrated to be involved in gene conversion in wheat. Harnessing the RecQ helicase has the potential to break linkage drag utilizing widespread gene conversions.