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Dispersal Alters the Nature and Scope of Sexually Antagonistic Variation.
The American naturalist - 1 May 2021
Flintham Ewan O, Savolainen Vincent, Mullon Charles
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AbstractIntralocus sexual conflict, or sexual antagonism, occurs when alleles have opposing fitness effects in the two sexes. Previous theory suggests that sexual antagonism is a driver of genetic variation by generating balancing selection. However, most of these studies assume that populations are well mixed, neglecting the effects of spatial subdivision. Here, we use mathematical modeling to show that limited...
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