When comparing recombination rates between a dog with a genome size of 2410 Mb and a mustard weed with a genome size of 100 Mb, which would you expect to have a larger recombination rate per kilobase? Explain your answer

What will be an ideal response?


ANS:
Recombination rate per kb is negatively correlated with genome size. Thus, one would expect the mustard weed to have a larger per kb recombination rate.

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