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Experimental evolution of a novel sexually antagonistic allele.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Dean Rebecca, Perry Jennifer C, Pizzari Tommaso, Mank Judith E, Wigby Stuart
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary conflict permeates biological systems. In sexually reproducing organisms, sex-specific optima mean that the same allele can have sexually antagonistic expression, i.e. beneficial in one sex and detrimental in the other, a phenomenon known as intralocus sexual conflict. Intralocus sexual conflict is emerging as a potentially fundamental factor for the genetic architecture of fitness, with important...
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