Genetic architecture and balancing selection: the life and death of differentiated variants

The pdm3 Locus Is a Hotspot for Recurrent Evolution of Female-Limited Color Dimorphism in Drosophila

(2016) Amir Yassin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Divergence and Functional Degradation of a Sex Chromosome-like Supergene

(2016) Elaina M. Tuttle et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

(2016) Nicola J. Nadeau et al.   NATURE

Balancing selection shapes density-dependent foraging behaviour

(2016) Joshua S. Greene et al.   NATURE

The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

(2016) Arjen E. van’t Hof et al.   NATURE

Warning signals are under positive frequency-dependent selection in nature

(2016) Mathieu Chouteau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ancient balancing selection at tan underlies female colour dimorphism in Drosophila erecta

(2016) Amir Yassin et al.   Nature Communications

Evolutionary Novelty in a Butterfly Wing Pattern through Enhancer Shuffling

(2016) Richard W. R. Wallbank et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

An invasive social insect overcomes genetic load at the sex locus

(2016) Rosalyn Gloag et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Identification of doublesex alleles associated with the female-limited Batesian mimicry polymorphism in Papilio memnon

(2016) Shinya Komata et al.   Scientific Reports

Sexual conflict maintains variation at an insecticide resistance locus

(2015) Wayne G Rostant et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Selection on a Genetic Polymorphism Counteracts Ecological Speciation in a Stick Insect

(2015) Aaron A. Comeault et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

RAD Sequencing Highlights Polygenic Discrimination of Habitat Ecotypes in the Panmictic American Eel

(2015) Scott A. Pavey et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Positively Frequency-Dependent Interference Competition Maintains Diversity and Pervades a Natural Population of Cooperative Microbes

(2015) Olaya Rendueles et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Differential survival and reproduction in colour forms ofPhilaenus spumariusgive new insights to the study of its balanced polymorphism

(2015) SARA E. SILVA et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Footprints of ancient-balanced polymorphisms in genetic variation data from closely related species

(2015) Ziyue Gao et al.   EVOLUTION

Quantifying hummingbird preference for floral trait combinations: The role of selection on trait interactions in the evolution of pollination syndromes

(2015) Charles B. Fenster et al.   EVOLUTION

Conservatism and novelty in the genetic architecture of adaptation in Heliconius butterflies

(2015) B Huber et al.   HEREDITY

The diversification ofHeliconiusbutterflies: what have we learned in 150 years?

(2015) R. M. Merrill et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genomic evidence for role of inversion3RPofDrosophila melanogasterin facilitating climate change adaptation

(2015) Rahul V. Rane et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Detecting balancing selection in genomes: limits and prospects

(2015) Anna Fijarczyk et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Fifteen years of genomewide scans for selection: trends, lessons and unaddressed genetic sources of complication

(2015) Ryan J. Haasl et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Sex-dependent dominance at a single locus maintains variation in age at maturity in salmon

(2015) Nicola J. Barson et al.   NATURE

A genetic mechanism for female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio butterfly

(2015) Hideki Nishikawa et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Structural genomic changes underlie alternative reproductive strategies in the ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

(2015) Sangeet Lamichhaney et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

(2015) Clemens Küpper et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The draft genome of Primula veris yields insights into the molecular basis of heterostyly

(2015) Michael D Nowak et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Developmental genetics of the mouse t-complex

(2015) Michihiko Sugimoto   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

The evolutionary genetics of highly divergent alleles of the mimicry locus in Papilio dardanus

(2014) Martin J Thompson et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Convergent Genetic Architecture Underlies Social Organization in Ants

(2014) Jessica Purcell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Supergenes and Complex Phenotypes

(2014) Tanja Schwander et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Advantageous diversity maintained by balancing selection in humans

(2014) Felix M Key et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

The "Domestication Syndrome" in Mammals: A Unified Explanation Based on Neural Crest Cell Behavior and Genetics

(2014) A. S. Wilkins et al.   GENETICS

Supergenes and their role in evolution

(2014) M J Thompson et al.   HEREDITY

doublesex is a mimicry supergene

(2014) K. Kunte et al.   NATURE

Estrogen receptor   polymorphism in a species with alternative behavioral phenotypes

(2014) B. M. Horton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The hawk-dove game in a sexually reproducing species explains a colourful polymorphism of an endangered bird

(2014) H. Kokko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparative genomics of the mimicry switch in Papilio dardanus

(2014) M. J. T. N. Timmermans et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dominance hierarchy arising from the evolution of a complex small RNA regulatory network

(2014) Eléonore Durand et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of dominance mechanisms at a butterfly mimicry supergene

(2014) Yann Le Poul et al.   Nature Communications

Multiple recent co-options of Optix associated with novel traits in adaptive butterfly wing radiations

(2014) Arnaud Martin et al.   EvoDevo

Introgression from Domestic Goat Generated Variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex of Alpine Ibex

(2014) Christine Grossen et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Model-Based Approach for Identifying Signatures of Ancient Balancing Selection in Genetic Data

(2014) Michael DeGiorgio et al.   PLoS Genetics

Assessing when chromosomal rearrangements affect the dynamics of speciation: implications from computer simulations

(2014) Jeffrey L. Feder et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Tight Genetic Linkage of Prezygotic Barrier Loci Creates a Multifunctional Speciation Island in Petunia

(2013) Katrin Hermann et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The effect of dominance on polymorphism in Müllerian mimicry

(2013) V. Llaurens et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Extensive Trans-Specific Polymorphism at the Mating Type Locus of the Root Decay Fungus Heterobasidion

(2013) Linda T.A. van Diepen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

RAD-Seq derived markers flank the shell colour and banding loci of theCepaea nemoralissupergene

(2013) Paul M. Richards et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants

(2013) John Wang et al.   NATURE

Life history trade-offs at a single locus maintain sexually selected genetic variation

(2013) Susan E. Johnston et al.   NATURE

Genomic rearrangements and the evolution of clusters of locally adaptive loci

(2013) S. Yeaman   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple Instances of Ancient Balancing Selection Shared Between Humans and Chimpanzees

(2013) E. M. Leffler et al.   SCIENCE

Host-Parasite Arms Races and Rapid Changes in Bird Egg Appearance

(2012) Claire N. Spottiswoode et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Behavioral Characterization of a White-Throated Sparrow Homozygous for the ZAL2m Chromosomal Rearrangement

(2012) Brent M. Horton et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Inbreeding depression in self-incompatible North-American Arabidopsis lyrata: disentangling genomic and S-locus-specific genetic load

(2012) M Stift et al.   HEREDITY

Recent and Ancient Signature of Balancing Selection around the S-Locus in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata

(2012) C. Roux et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Population genetics of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata):FST = 0 and North Atlantic Oscillation effects on demographic fluctuations of a panmictic species

(2012) Caroline L. Côté et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a Wnt ligand

(2012) A. Martin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The ABO blood group is a trans-species polymorphism in primates

(2012) L. Segurel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Contrasted Patterns of Molecular Evolution in Dominant and Recessive Self-Incompatibility Haplotypes in Arabidopsis

(2012) Pauline M. Goubet et al.   PLoS Genetics

THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF ADAPTATION UNDER MIGRATION-SELECTION BALANCE

(2011) Sam Yeaman et al.   EVOLUTION

Origin and Diversification Dynamics of Self-Incompatibility Haplotypes

(2011) Camille E. Gervais et al.   GENETICS

Rapid loss of MHC class II variation in a bottlenecked population is explained by drift and loss of copy number variation

(2011) J. A. EIMES et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

(2011) Mathieu Joron et al.   NATURE

Self-compatibility and plant invasiveness: Comparing species in native and invasive ranges

(2011) Theodora Petanidou et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Negative Frequency-Dependent Selection of Sexually Antagonistic Alleles in Myodes glareolus

(2011) M. Mokkonen et al.   SCIENCE

optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry

(2011) R. D. Reed et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for Fisher's dominance theory: how many ‘special cases’?

(2011) Sylvain Billiard et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Repeated Adaptive Introgression at a Gene under Multiallelic Balancing Selection

(2011) Vincent Castric et al.   PLoS Genetics

Eco‐Evolutionary Metapopulation Dynamics and the Spatial Scale of Adaptation

(2010) Ilkka Hanski et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

NEGATIVE FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION IN FEMALE COLOR POLYMORPHISM OF A DAMSELFLY

(2010) Yuma Takahashi et al.   EVOLUTION

Effect of balancing selection on spatial genetic structure within populations: theoretical investigations on the self-incompatibility locus and empirical studies in Arabidopsis halleri

(2010) J-B Leducq et al.   HEREDITY

Detecting signatures of balancing selection to identify targets of anti-parasite immunity

(2010) Gareth D. Weedall et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

A Widespread Chromosomal Inversion Polymorphism Contributes to a Major Life-History Transition, Local Adaptation, and Reproductive Isolation

(2010) David B. Lowry et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

How and Why Chromosome Inversions Evolve

(2010) Mark Kirkpatrick   PLOS BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION OF DOMINANCE IN SPOROPHYTIC SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY SYSTEMS: I. GENETIC LOAD AND COEVOLUTION OF LEVELS OF DOMINANCE IN POLLEN AND PISTIL

(2009) Violaine Llaurens et al.   EVOLUTION

THE EVOLUTION OF DOMINANCE IN SPOROPHYTIC SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY SYSTEMS. II. MATE AVAILABILITY AND RECOMBINATION

(2009) Daniel J. Schoen et al.   EVOLUTION

THE EFFICACY OF DIVERGENCE HITCHHIKING IN GENERATING GENOMIC ISLANDS DURING ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION

(2009) Jeffrey L. Feder et al.   EVOLUTION

A population genetics study of the Familial Mediterranean Fever gene: evidence of balancing selection under an overdominance regime

(2009) M Fumagalli et al.   GENES AND IMMUNITY

The Sheltered Genetic Load Linked to the S Locus in Plants: New Insights From Theoretical and Empirical Approaches in Sporophytic Self-Incompatibility

(2009) V. Llaurens et al.   GENETICS

Transposons in the MHC: the Yin and Yang of the vertebrate immune system

(2009) C van Oosterhout   HEREDITY

Comparative genomic analysis of the major histocompatibility complex class I region in the teleost genus Oryzias

(2009) Ratnesh Bhai Mehta et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Enhancement of Allee effects in plants due to self-incompatibility alleles

(2009) Donald A. Levin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Targets of Balancing Selection in the Human Genome

(2009) A. M. Andres et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular and functional basis of phenotypic convergence in white lizards at White Sands

(2009) E. B. Rosenblum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heterozygote superiority to natural multi-parasite infections in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris)

(2009) M.K Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Signals of major histocompatibility complex overdominance in a wild salmonid population

(2009) J. Kekalainen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Behavioural syndromes and their fitness consequences in a socially polymorphic spider, Anelosimus studiosus

(2008) Jonathan N. Pruitt et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Genomic plasticity of the immune-related Mhc class I B region of macaque species

(2008) Maxime Bonhomme et al.   BMC GENOMICS

DOES FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION WITH COMPLEX DOMINANCE INTERACTIONS ACCURATELY PREDICT ALLELIC FREQUENCIES AT THE SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY LOCUS INARABIDOPSIS HALLERI?

(2008) Violane Llaurens et al.   EVOLUTION

The Chromosomal Polymorphism Linked to Variation in Social Behavior in the White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Is a Complex Rearrangement and Suppressor of Recombination

(2008) J. W. Thomas et al.   GENETICS

Unequal allelic frequencies at the self-incompatibility locus within local populations of Prunus avium L.: an effect of population structure?

(2008) S. STOECKEL et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A new theory of MHC evolution: beyond selection on the immune genes

(2008) C. van Oosterhout   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES