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POLYMORPHISM due to inverted chromosome segments is known in natural populations of many living species, including man1,2. A specific inversion arises in one member of a monomorphic chromosome pair and is apparently monophyletic. Where fine-scale mapping of the breaks is possible, as in giant polytene chromosomes, an indelible marker, unique in the history of the species, is produced. Accordingly, in favourable geographical circumstances, inversions can be used as tracers of ancient populations3. Such precision is not possible with visible mutations or electrophoretically detected variants.
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CARSON, H. Ancient Chromosomal Polymorphism in Hawaiian Drosophila. Nature 241, 200–202 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241200a0
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