Inversion invasions: when the genetic basis of local adaptation is concentrated within inversions in the face of gene flow.

Abstract excerpt

Across many species where inversions have been implicated in local adaptation, genomes often evolve to contain multiple, large inversions that arise early in divergence. Why this occurs has yet to be resolved. To address this gap, we built forward-time simulations in which inversions have flexible characteristics and can invade a metapopulation undergoing spatially divergent selection for a highly polygenic...

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• Acclimatization
• Adaptation, Physiological
• Alleles
• Chromosome Inversion
• Gene Flow