Stepwise evolution of a butterfly supergene via duplication and inversion
K.-W. Kim, R. De-Kayne, I. J. Gordon, K. S. Omufwoko, D. J. Martins, R. ffrench-Constant, S. H. Martin
The paper investigates the evolution of a butterfly supergene, identifying structural duplications and inversions that contributed to recombination suppression over millions of years.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2021Evolutionary Biology