The sexually antagonistic genes of Drosophila melanogaster.

Abstract excerpt

When selective pressures differ between males and females, the genes experiencing these conflicting evolutionary forces are said to be sexually antagonistic. Although the phenotypic effect of these genes has been documented in both wild and laboratory populations, their identity, number, and location remains unknown. Here, by combining data on sex-specific fitness and genome-wide transcript abundance in a...

Topics

• Alleles
• Animals
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Female
• Fertility
• Gene Expression Profiling
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Genes, Insect
• Genetic Fitness
• Genetics, Population
• Genome, Insect
• Male