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. 2016 Jan;48(1):7-8.
doi: 10.1038/ng.3472.

A flamboyant behavioral polymorphism is controlled by a lethal supergene

Chris D Jiggins  1
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A flamboyant behavioral polymorphism is controlled by a lethal supergene

Chris D Jiggins. Nat Genet. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Two new studies show how highly divergent modes of male reproduction in a wading bird are controlled by alternate alleles at a single locus encompassing a 4.5-Mb inversion in the genome. The locus is an example of a 'supergene' controlling multiple complex phenotypes.

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