Competing adaptations maintain non-adaptive variation in a wild cricket population
J. G. Rayner, F. Eichenberger, J. V. A. Bainbridge, S. Zhang, X. Zhang, L. Yusuf, S. Balenger, O. E. Gaggiotti, N. W. Bailey
The paper shows that two adaptive traits in crickets co-occur and prevent each from fixing due to genetic linkage and fitness costs.
bioRxiv · Oct 14, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology