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Substitution rates in the X- and Y-linked genes of the plants, Silene latifolia and S. dioica.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jun 2002
Filatov Dmitry A, Charlesworth Deborah
Abstract excerpt
Theory predicts that selection should be less effective in the nonrecombining genes of Y-chromosomes, relative to the situation for genes on the other chromosomes, and this should lead to the accumulation of deleterious nonsynonymous substitutions. In addition, synonymous substitution rates may differ between X- and Y-linked genes because of the male-driven evolution effect and also because of actual differences...
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