Self-fertilization reverses the direction of selection on recombination
Paree, T.; Chevalier, N. S.; Roze, D.; Teotonio, H.
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The evolution of recombination is thought to be influenced by many factors, including the mating system. Here, we provide an experimental test of how self-fertilization (selfing) affects the evolution of a recombination modifier. We used experimental populations of Caenorhabditis elegans segregating for the recombination modifier rec-1, a mutant that redistributes crossovers from the genetically diverse chromosome arms toward the less diverse central regions. By evolving populations under varying selfing rates, we show that increasing selfing reverses selection acting on the rec-1 mutant, from positive to negative. Simulations show that this reversal can be explained by an expansion of the genomic region over which the modifier remains associated with the genetic combinations it creates. These results demonstrate that selfing can fundamentally alter the evolutionary fate of recombination modifiers and reveal a mechanism not predicted by previous theoretical models of recombination evolution under different mating systems, which assumed uniform recombination landscapes.
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