The origin and maintenance of supergenes contributing to ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring
M. Jamsandekar, M. S. Ferreira, M. E. Pettersson, E. Farrell, B. W. Davis, L. Andersson
The paper investigates the origin and maintenance of chromosomal inversions in Atlantic herring, showing they are old, formed by ectopic recombination, and maintained by purifying selection.
bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2023Evolutionary Biology