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The maintenance of polymorphism in an ancient social supergene.

Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2021

Purcell Jessica, Lagunas-Robles German, Rabeling Christian, Borowiec Marek L, Brelsford Alan

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Supergenes, regions of the genome with suppressed recombination between sets of functional mutations, contribute to the evolution of complex phenotypes in diverse systems. Excluding sex chromosomes, most supergenes discovered so far appear to be young, being found in one species or a few closely related species. Here, we investigate how a chromosome harbouring an ancient supergene has evolved over about...

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PMID: 34570409
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16196

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