- Feb 19 11:27 pm
#74371
This paper "Avian Supergenes" by Scott Taylor and Leonardo Campagna that Peter Candido sent me talks about something very interesting that I never knew before reading it.
It explains how the White-morphs of White-throated Sparrows almost always mate with a Tan-morph of the opposite sex. This is how the genetic inversion causing the two morphs is maintained.
Cheers,
Mel
It explains how the White-morphs of White-throated Sparrows almost always mate with a Tan-morph of the opposite sex. This is how the genetic inversion causing the two morphs is maintained.
Cheers,
Mel
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