Experimental mutation-accumulation on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster reveals stronger selection on males than females

BACKGROUND: Sex differences in the magnitude or direction of mutational effect may be important to a variety of population processes, shaping the mutation load and affecting the cost of sex itself. These differences are expected to be greatest after sexual maturity. Mutation-accumulation (MA) experi...

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Autores principales: Mallet, Martin A, Bouchard, Jessica M, Kimber, Christopher M, Chippindale, Adam K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21645375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-156

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21645375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-156

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