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Association mapping of colour variation in a butterfly provides evidence that a supergene locks together a cluster of adaptive loci.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 1 Aug 2022
Jay Paul, Leroy Manon, Le Poul Yann, Whibley Annabel, Arias Mónica, Chouteau Mathieu, Joron Mathieu
Abstract excerpt
Supergenes are genetic architectures associated with discrete and concerted variation in multiple traits. It has long been suggested that supergenes control these complex polymorphisms by suppressing recombination between sets of coadapted genes. However, because recombination suppression hinders the dissociation of the individual effects of genes within supergenes, there is still little evidence that supergenes...
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