Balancing selection via life-history trade-offs maintains an inversion polymorphism in a seaweed fly
Few studies empirically pinpoint how balanced polymorphisms are maintained. “Mérot et al”. identify an inversion polymorphism that is maintained in seaweed fly populations because of antagonistic pleiotropy that mediates a classic life history tradeoff between larval survival and adult reproduction....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14479-7 |