Interlocus gene conversion occurs such that a certain length of DNA fragment is non-reciprocally transferred (copied and pasted) between paralogous regions. To understand the rate and tract length of gene conversion, there are two major approaches. One is based on mutation-accumulation experiments, and the other uses natural DNA sequence variation. In this review, we overview the two major approaches and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. In addition, to demonstrate the importance of statistical analysis of empirical and evolutionary data for estimating tract length, we apply a maximum likelihood method to several data sets. © 2011 by the authors.
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Mansai, S. P., Kado, T., & Innan, H. (2011). The rate and tract length of gene conversion between duplicated genes. Genes, 2(2), 313–331. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes2020313
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