On 2015 Apr 06, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra commented:

Muñoz-Fuentes et al. offer an interesting look at the relationship between domestication and recombination rate in animals. A quick correction worth mentioning: while they cite my 2004 paper on recombination and domestication in plants (PMID: 14767840) several times, it's done somewhat out of context. They quote me as saying

'"recombination rate is likely of little importance" in relation to plant domestication (Ross-Ibarra 2004)'

whereas the actual quote from my paper clearly referred specifically to preadaptation:

"Other hypothesized genetic preadaptations, such as polyploidy (Hilu 1993), have been shown to be unimportant in determining the successful domestication of plant species, and the present analysis suggests that recombination rate is likewise of little importance."

and the abstract is fairly unambiguous:

"The results support the hypothesis that domestication selects for an increase in recombination..."

On 2015 Apr 06, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra commented:

Muñoz-Fuentes et al. offer an interesting look at the relationship between domestication and recombination rate in animals. A quick correction worth mentioning: while they cite my 2004 paper on recombination and domestication in plants (PMID: 14767840) several times, it's done somewhat out of context. They quote me as saying

'"recombination rate is likely of little importance" in relation to plant domestication (Ross-Ibarra 2004)'

whereas the actual quote from my paper clearly referred specifically to preadaptation:

"Other hypothesized genetic preadaptations, such as polyploidy (Hilu 1993), have been shown to be unimportant in determining the successful domestication of plant species, and the present analysis suggests that recombination rate is likewise of little importance."

and the abstract is fairly unambiguous:

"The results support the hypothesis that domestication selects for an increase in recombination..."