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Intralocus sexual conflict for fitness: sexually antagonistic alleles for testosterone.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 May 2012
Mills Suzanne C, Koskela Esa, Mappes Tapio
Abstract excerpt
Intralocus sexual conflict occurs when a trait encoded by the same genetic locus in the two sexes has different optima in males and females. Such conflict is widespread across taxa, however, the shared phenotypic traits that mediate the conflict are largely unknown. We examined whether the sex hormone, testosterone (T), that controls sexual differentiation, contributes to sexually antagonistic fitness variation...
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