Charlesworth B
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637-1573.
Curr Biol. 1994 Feb 1;4(2):182-4. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(94)00045-x.
Recent analyses suggest that the GC content of gene sequences is related to the local frequency of genetic recombination; this may reflect the greater efficacy of natural selection when recombination is frequent.