Inversions maintain differences between migratory phenotypes of a songbird

Rearrangements in the genome are important for local adaptation and speciation but are often difficult to identify reliably. Here the authors show that rearrangements underlie large chromosome regions that separate differentially migratory willow warblers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Max Lundberg, Alexander Mackintosh, Anna Petri, Staffan Bensch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36167-y