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NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 83-87Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3376
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- European Research Council
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Swedish Research Council
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Females and males often differ extensively in their physical traits. This sexual dimorphism is largely caused by differences in gene expression. Recent advances in genomics, such as RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), have revealed the nature and extent of sex-biased gene expression in diverse species. Here we highlight new findings regarding the causes of sex-biased expression, including sexual antagonism and incomplete dosage compensation. We also discuss how sex-biased expression can accelerate the evolution of sex-linked genes.
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