Article: Reports summarize social behavior research from J.W. Thomas and co-authors.

"Variation in social behavior and plumage in the White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is linked to an inversion polymorphism on chromosome 2. Here we report the results of our comparative cytogenetic mapping efforts mid population genetics studies focused on the genomic characterization of this balanced chromosomal polymorphism. Comparative chromosome painting and cytogenetic mapping of 15 zebra finch BAC clones to the standard (ZAL2) and alternative (ZAL2(m)) arrangements revealed that this Chromosome is orthologous to chicken chromosome 3, and that at a ZAL2 and ZAL2(m) differ by a pair of included pericentric inversions that we estimate span at least. 98 ...

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