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Effective population size and the Faster-X effect: empirical results and their interpretation.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Mar 2010
Mank Judith E, Vicoso Beatriz, Berlin Sofia, Charlesworth Brian
Abstract excerpt
The X or Z chromosome has several characteristics that distinguish it from the autosomes, namely hemizygosity in the heterogametic sex, and a potentially different effective population size, both of which may influence the rate and nature of evolution. In particular, there may be an accelerated rate of adaptive change for X-linked compared to autosomal coding sequences, often referred to as the Faster-X effect....
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