Evidence of Adaptive Evolution and Relaxed Constraints in Sex-Biased Genes of South American and West Indies Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Several studies have demonstrated that genes differentially expressed between sexes (sex-biased genes) tend to evolve faster than unbiased genes, particularly in males. The reason for this accelerated evolution is not clear, but several explanations have involved adaptive and nonadaptive mechanisms....

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Autores principales: Congrains, Carlos, Campanini, Emeline B, Torres, Felipe R, Rezende, Víctor B, Nakamura, Aline M, de Oliveira, Janaína L, Lima, André L A, Chahad-Ehlers, Samira, Sobrinho, Iderval S, de Brito, Reinaldo A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29346618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy009

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29346618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy009

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