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Experimental mutation-accumulation on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster reveals stronger selection on males than females.
BMC evolutionary biology - 6 Jun 2011
Mallet Martin A, Bouchard Jessica M, Kimber Christopher M, Chippindale Adam K
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BACKGROUND: Sex differences in the magnitude or direction of mutational effect may be important to a variety of population processes, shaping the mutation load and affecting the cost of sex itself. These differences are expected to be greatest after sexual maturity. Mutation-accumulation (MA) experiments provide the most direct way to examine the consequences of new mutations, but most studies have focused on...
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