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. 2022 Jan 24;32(2):R76-R78.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.016.

Evolutionary genetics: Inversions - Do not quail but go big!

Jun Ishigohoka  1 , Miriam Liedvogel  2
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Evolutionary genetics: Inversions - Do not quail but go big!

Jun Ishigohoka et al. Curr Biol. .
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How local phenotypic variation is maintained in highly mobile organisms, like birds, is an open question. A new study shows that a massive chromosomal inversion underlies a polymorphism in common quail.

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