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Digest: The role of linkage in mimicking “magic traits”
Author(s) -
Estandia Andrea,
SendellPrice Ashley T.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.14102
Subject(s) - biology , locus (genetics) , trait , evolutionary biology , pleiotropy , ecological genetics , quantitative trait locus , genetics , divergence (linguistics) , linkage (software) , mating , gene , phenotype , population , linguistics , philosophy , demography , sociology , computer science , programming language
Can divergence in a mating trait increase local adaption by increasing ecological divergence? Servedio and Bürger propose that “pseudomagic traits,” tightly linked complexes consisting of an ecological locus under divergent selection and a locus acting as a mating cue, can effectively mimic pleiotropy. Such pseudomagic traits can form even when linkage between ecological and mating loci is limited.

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