Genetics and evidence for balancing selection of a sex-linked colour polymorphism in a songbird

Gouldian finches have a head colour polymorphism that is also associated with physiological and behavioural differentiation. Here, the authors map this colour polymorphism to a putative regulatory region for follistatin on the Z chromosome and suggest it is maintained by balancing selection.

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Autores principales: Kang-Wook Kim, Benjamin C. Jackson, Hanyuan Zhang, David P. L. Toews, Scott A. Taylor, Emma I. Greig, Irby J. Lovette, Mengning M. Liu, Angus Davison, Simon C. Griffith, Kai Zeng, Terry Burke
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/454528e36e994975b60316a5cb67bb97
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