Recombination hotspots are regions in a genome that exhibit elevated rates of recombination, relative to a neutral expectation. The peak recombination rate within hotspots can be hundreds or thousands of times that of the surrounding region.
60% of crossovers occur only in 10% of the genome. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPnLTmJfUu0&feature=g-hist&context=G2ac1660AHT179vAAAAA Time:1:17:40]
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