In Lake Malawi Cichlid Fish, One Can Observe Two Color

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Essay

In Lake Malawi cichlid fish, one can observe two color variants, Black Barred (BB) and Orange Blotch (OB). Sex in these fish is not determined by a sex chromosome but by a gene on an autosome, which produces either males or females. Both of these phenotypes are controlled by one biallelic locus each. OB females have a selective advantage in terms of their survivability: the OB phenotype allows females to blend into their background. OB males have a selective disadvantage because their reproductive coloration is disrupted and they have little mating success. How would this process influence the association of alleles at the color locus and sex-determining locus?

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