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BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 5, 期 3, 页码 409-412出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0732
关键词
gene expression; positive selection; relaxed constraint
Many genes show different expression levels in males and females, and these form the basis of sexually dimorphic phenotypes. Sex-biased genes experience accelerated rates of protein evolution, which has been attributed to sexual selection. However, it is possible that the increased rates of molecular evolution, and more importantly the sex-biased gene expression pattern itself, are due to decreased selective constraint. This notion may explain many of the patterns associated with sex-biased gene expression, and changes how we should view the role of natural and sexual selection in relation to these genes.
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