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Male-limited evolution suggests no extant intralocus sexual conflict over the sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons of Drosophila melanogaster.
Journal of genetics - 1 Dec 2011
Bedhomme Stéphanie, Chippindale Adam K, Prasad N G, Delcourt Matthieu, Abbott Jessica K, Mallet Martin A, Rundle Howard D
Abstract excerpt
Sexually dimorphic traits are likely to have evolved through sexually antagonistic selection. However, recent empirical data suggest that intralocus sexual conflict often persists, even when traits have diverged between males and females. This implies that evolved dimorphism is often incomplete in resolving intralocus conflict, providing a mechanism for the maintenance of genetic variance in fitness-related...
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