Cargando…

Fitness consequences of polymorphic inversions in the zebra finch genome

BACKGROUND: Inversion polymorphisms constitute an evolutionary puzzle: they should increase embryo mortality in heterokaryotypic individuals but still they are widespread in some taxa. Some insect species have evolved mechanisms to reduce the cost of embryo mortality but humans have not. In birds, a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Knief, Ulrich, Hemmrich-Stanisak, Georg, Wittig, Michael, Franke, Andre, Griffith, Simon C., Kempenaers, Bart, Forstmeier, Wolfgang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27687629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1056-3