Inside the supergene of the bird with four sexes.

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104850

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Inside the supergene of the bird with four sexes.

Hormones and behavior - 1 Nov 2020

Maney Donna L, Merritt Jennifer R, Prichard Mackenzie R, Horton Brent M, Yi Soojin V

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The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) offers unique opportunities to understand the adaptive value of supergenes, particularly their role in alternative phenotypes. In this species, alternative plumage morphs segregate with a nonrecombining segment of chromosome 2, which has been called a 'supergene'. The species mates disassortatively with respect to the supergene; that is, each breeding pair...

Topics

Aggression
Animals
Female
Genetic Association Studies
Male
Phenotype
Reproduction
Sex Characteristics
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Social Behavior
Sparrows
Species Specificity
Territoriality

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PMID: 32937166
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104850
PMCID: PMC7725849

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