Balancing selection via life-history trade-offs maintains an inversion polymorphism in a seaweed fly
oleh: Claire Mérot, Violaine Llaurens, Eric Normandeau, Louis Bernatchez, Maren Wellenreuther
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-02-01 |
Deskripsi
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.