The double game of chromosomal inversions in a neotropical butterfly.

Abstract excerpt

Over a century after the first description of a polymorphism controlled by a supergene, these genetic architectures still puzzle biologists. Supergenes are groups of tightly linked loci facilitating the co-segregation of combinations of alleles underlying alternative, complex adaptive strategies. The suppression of recombination at supergenes is generally caused by polymorphic chromosomal rearrangements, such as...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Alleles
• Share to Butterflies
• Share to Chromosome Inversion