Sex-Specific Selection and Sex-Biased Gene Expression in Humans and Flies.

Sexual dimorphism results from sex-biased gene expression, which evolves when selection acts differently on males and females. While there is an intimate connection between sex-biased gene expression and sex-specific selection, few empirical studies have studied this relationship directly. Here we c...

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Main Authors: Changde Cheng, Mark Kirkpatrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5033347?pdf=render