{
  "id": 9776774,
  "title": "Sequential accumulation of adaptive alleles forms an inversion supergene in deer mice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/sequential-accumulation-of-adaptive-alleles-forms-an-inversion",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.23.753864v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Supergenes are clusters of co-inherited loci that affect multiple or complex phenotypes. Despite the growing number of chromosomal inversions identified as supergenes in natural populations, their molecular basis and evolutionary history often remain obscure. Here, we identified two candidate genes, Slc45a2 and Npr3, within a 41-Mb inversion supergene in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}