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Hemizygosity Enhances Purifying Selection: Lack of Fast-Z Evolution in Two Satyrine Butterflies

The fixation probability of a recessive beneficial mutation is increased on the X or Z chromosome, relative to autosomes, because recessive alleles carried by X or Z are exposed to selection in the heterogametic sex. This leads to an increased dN/dS ratio on sex chromosomes relative to autosomes, a...

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Autores principales: Rousselle, Marjolaine, Faivre, Nicolas, Ballenghien, Marion, Galtier, Nicolas, Nabholz, Benoit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5174731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27590089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw214