The maintenance of polymorphism in an ancient social supergene.
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16196
Abstract: Supergenes, regions of the genome with suppressed recombination between sets of functional mutations, contribute to the evolution of complex phenotypes in diverse systems. Excluding sex chromosomes, most supergenes discovered so far appear to be young,… read more here.
Keywords: supergene; maintenance polymorphism; formica; polymorphism ancient ... See more keywords