Positive Correlation Between Evolutionary Rate and Recombination Rate in Drosophila Genes with Male-Biased Expression
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Positive correlation between evolutionary rate and recombination rate in Drosophila genes with male-biased expression.
Previous studies have shown that genes that are expressed predominantly or exclusively in males tend to evolve rapidly in comparison to other genes. In most cases, however, it is unknown whether this rapid evolution is the result of increased positive (or sexual) selection on male-expressed traits or if it is due to a relaxation of selective constraints. To distinguish between these two possibi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1537-1719,0737-4038
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi189