Exaggerated heterochiasmy in a fish with sex-linked male coloration polymorphisms.

It is often stated that polymorphisms for mutations affecting fitness of males and females in opposite directions [sexually antagonistic (SA) polymorphisms] are the main selective force for the evolution of recombination suppression between sex chromosomes. However, empirical evidence to discriminate between different hypotheses is difficult to obtain. We report genetic mapping results in laboratory-raised families of the guppy (), a sexually dimorphic fish with SA polymorphisms for male coloration genes, mostly on the sex chromosomes.