Cargando…

Little Evidence for Demasculinization of the Drosophila X Chromosome among Genes Expressed in the Male Germline

Male-biased genes—those expressed at higher levels in males than in females—are underrepresented on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Several evolutionary models have been posited to explain this so-called demasculinization of the X. Here, we show that the apparent paucity of male-biased...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Meiklejohn, Colin D., Presgraves, Daven C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2012
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22975718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evs077