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A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

Three strikingly different alternative male mating morphs (aggressive “Independents”, semi-cooperative “Satellites” and female mimic “Faeders”) coexist as a balanced polymorphism in the ruff, Philomachus pugnax, a lek-breeding wading bird(1,2,3). Major differences in body size, ornamentation, and ag...

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Autores principales: Küpper, Clemens, Stocks, Michael, Risse, Judith E., dos Remedios, Natalie, Farrell, Lindsay L., McRae, Susan B., Morgan, Tawna C., Karlionova, Natalia, Pinchuk, Pavel, Verkuil, Yvonne I., Kitaysky, Alexander S., Wingfield, John C., Piersma, Theunis, Zeng, Kai, Slate, Jon, Blaxter, Mark, Lank, David B., Burke, Terry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5218575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26569125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3443

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