title: A flamboyant behavioral polymorphism is controlled by a lethal supergene.
abstract: Two new studies show how highly divergent modes of male reproduction in a wading bird are controlled by alternate alleles at a single locus encompassing a 4.5-Mb inversion in the genome. The locus is an example of a 'supergene' controlling multiple complex phenotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7809-062X
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Jiggins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001717:Birds / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*