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Supergenes and their role in evolution.

Heredity - 1 Jul 2014

Thompson M J, Jiggins C D

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Adaptation is commonly a multidimensional problem, with changes in multiple traits required to match a complex environment. This is epitomized by balanced polymorphisms in which multiple phenotypes co-exist and are maintained in a population by a balance of selective forces. Consideration of such polymorphisms led to the concept of the supergene, where alternative phenotypes in a balanced polymorphism segregate...

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PMID: 24642887
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.20
PMCID: PMC4815649

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