Genetic basis of ecological variation in meiotic recombination rates (A05)

• Subject Area: Plant Genetics and Genomics
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 456082119

Recombination of standing variation in adapting populations is an important factor for the emergence of genotypes with improved fitness. Recently, we have developed an efficient method that enables us to characterize genetic variation in recombination rates using parallel single-cell sequencing of thousands of pollen genomes within a single sequencing experiment. We will apply this method to study variation in genome-wide meiotic recombination rates and unravel the genetic diversity of recombination in plant genomes in benign and challenging environments.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 341: Plant Ecological Genetics
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Korbinian Schneeberger, since 7/2022