Gene regulatory effects of a large chromosomal inversion in highland maize.

Chromosomal inversions play an important role in local adaptation. Inversions can capture multiple locally adaptive functional variants in a linked block by repressing recombination. However, this recombination suppression makes it difficult to identify the genetic mechanisms underlying an inversion...

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Main Authors: Taylor Crow, James Ta, Saghi Nojoomi, M Rocío Aguilar-Rangel, Jorge Vladimir Torres Rodríguez, Daniel Gates, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Ruairidh Sawers, Daniel Runcie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009213