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Remarkably ancient balanced polymorphisms in a multi-locus gene network.
Nature - 4 Mar 2010
Hittinger Chris Todd, Gonçalves Paula, Sampaio José Paulo, Dover Jim, Johnston Mark, Rokas Antonis
Abstract excerpt
Local adaptations within species are often governed by several interacting genes scattered throughout the genome. Single-locus models of selection cannot explain the maintenance of such complex variation because recombination separates co-adapted alleles. Here we report a previously unrecognized...
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