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Nature Genetics 40, 273 (1 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/ng0308-273

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Rates of recombination Two studies provide new insight into the way recombination is regulated in humans. Although sperm typing studies and LD-based estimates have defined recombination hotspots and shown how recombination rates vary at a relatively fine scale, each approach has limitations.