Migration direction in a songbird explained by two loci

Kristaps Sokolovskis; Max Lundberg; Susanne Åkesson; Mikkel Willemoes; Tianhao Zhao; Violeta Caballero-Lopez; Staffan Bensch

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35788-7

Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Migration direction in a songbird explained by two loci

Kristaps Sokolovskis,
Max Lundberg,
Susanne Åkesson,
Mikkel Willemoes,
Tianhao Zhao,
Violeta Caballero-Lopez,
Staffan Bensch

Affiliations

Kristaps Sokolovskis: Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building
Max Lundberg: Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building
Susanne Åkesson: Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building
Mikkel Willemoes: Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building
Tianhao Zhao: GELIFES, University of Groningen
Violeta Caballero-Lopez: Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building
Staffan Bensch: Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35788-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The genetic determinants of long-distance migration in birds are largely unknown. Sokolovskis et al. tracked genotyped hybrid willow warblers from a migratory divide in Sweden and find that autumn migration direction is consistent with a dominant inheritance pattern of two large effect loci that interact through epistasis.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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