# Large inversions in Lake Malawi cichlids are associated with habitat, lineage, and sex determination

Source: [eLife: latest articles](https://elifesciences.org/articles/104923) · 2026-11-06 · Life
Page: https://themorning.science/story/large-inversions-in-lake-malawi-cichlids-are-associated-with-habitat-lineage-and-9e6a258e280a431a

Chromosomal inversions are an important class of genetic variation that link multiple alleles together into a single inherited block that can have important effects on fitness. To study the role of large inversions in the massive evolutionary radiation of Lake Malawi cichlids, we…

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- [Large inversions in Lake Malawi cichlids are associated with habitat, lineage, and sex determination](https://elifesciences.org/articles/104923) — eLife: latest articles, 2026-11-06

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