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Abstract
Two new studies show how highly divergent modes of male reproduction in a wading bird are controlled by alternate alleles at a single locus encompassing a 4.5-Mb inversion in the genome. The locus is an example of a 'supergene' controlling multiple complex phenotypes.Mesh:
Year: 2016 PMID: 26711109 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3472
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330