Sex differences in the genetic architecture of lifespan in a seed beetle: extreme inbreeding extends male lifespan

BACKGROUND: Sex differences in lifespan are ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom but the causes underlying this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Several explanations based on asymmetrical inheritance patterns (sex chromosomes or mitochondrial DNA) have been proposed, but these ideas have rar...

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Autores principales: Bilde, Trine, Maklakov, Alexei A, Meisner, Katrine, la Guardia, Lucia, Friberg, Urban
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19200350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-33

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19200350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-33

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