Article
Sexually antagonistic genes: experimental evidence.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 5 Jun 1992
Rice W R
Abstract excerpt
When selection differs between the sexes, a mutation beneficial to one sex may be harmful to the other (sexually antagonistic). Because the sexes share a common gene pool, selection in one sex can interfere with the other's adaptive evolution. Theory predicts that sexually antagonistic mutations should accumulate in tight linkage with a new sex-determining gene, even when the harm to benefit ratio is high....
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Eye Color
- Female
- Genes
- Male
- Phenotype
- Recombination, Genetic
- Selection, Genetic
- Sex Ratio