Direct and indirect recombination rate estimates provide novel insights into the landscape of crossover events in rhesus macaques

Previous recombination rate estimation studies in rhesus macaques have been mostly restricted to a singular approach (e.g., using microsatellite loci). Here, we employ a bilateral method in estimating recombination rates—pedigree-based and linkage-disequilibrium-based—from whole-genome data of rhesus macaques to estimate CO and NCO recombination events and to compare contemporary and historical rates of recombination.