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Variation in promiscuity and sexual selection drives avian rate of Faster‐Z evolution

Higher rates of coding sequence evolution have been observed on the Z chromosome relative to the autosomes across a wide range of species. However, despite a considerable body of theory, we lack empirical evidence explaining variation in the strength of the Faster‐Z Effect. To assess the magnitude a...

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Autores principales: Wright, Alison E., Harrison, Peter W., Zimmer, Fabian, Montgomery, Stephen H., Pointer, Marie A., Mank, Judith E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25689782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13113