@article{fdi:010081546,
  title = {{G}eographic patterns of inversion polymorphisms in a wild {A}frican rodent, {M}astomys erythroleucus},
  author = {{D}obigny, {G}authier and {C}atalan, {J}. and {G}authier, {P}hilippe and {O}'{B}rien, {P}. {C}. {M}. and {B}rouat, {C}arine and {B}a, {K}. and {T}atard, {C}. and {F}erguson-{S}mith, {M}. {A}. and {D}uplantier, {J}ean-{M}arc and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent and {B}ritton-{D}avidian, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}y suppressing recombination and reducing gene flow, chromosome inversions favor the capture and protection of advantageous allelic combinations, leading to adaptive polymorphisms. {H}owever, studies in non-model species remain scarce. {H}ere we investigate the distribution of inversion polymorphisms in the multimammate rat {M}astomys erythroleucus in {W}est {A}frica. {M}ore than 270 individuals from 52 localities were karyotyped using {G}-bands and showed widespread polymorphisms involving four chromosome pairs. {N}o significant deviations from {H}ardy-{W}einberg equilibrium were observed either through space or time, nor were differences retrieved in viability or sex contribution between cytotypes. {T}he distribution of chromosomal variation, however, showed perfect congruence with that of mt{DNA}-based phylogeographic clades. {T}hus, inversion diversity patterns in {M}. erythroleucus appeared more related to historical and/or demographic processes than to climatebased adaptive features. {U}sing cross-species chromosome painting and {G}-banding analyses to identify homologous chromosomes in related out-group species, we proposed a phylogenetic scenario that involves ancestral-shared polymorphisms and subsequent lineage sorting during expansion/contraction of {W}est {A}frican savannas. {O}ur data suggest that long-standing inversion polymorphisms may act as regions in which adaptation genes may accumulate (nucleation model)},
  keywords = {chromosome evolution ; phylogeography ; lineage sorting ; ancestral ; polymorphism ; {Z}oo-{FISH}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}eredity},
  volume = {104},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {378--386},
  ISSN = {0018-067{X}},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1038/hdy.2009.119},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081546},
}