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Impact of male trait exaggeration on sex-biased gene expression and genome architecture in a water strider.
BMC biology - 30 Apr 2021
Toubiana William, Armisén David, Dechaud Corentin, Arbore Roberto, Khila Abderrahman
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BACKGROUND: Exaggerated secondary sexual traits are widespread in nature and often evolve under strong directional sexual selection. Although heavily studied from both theoretical and empirical viewpoints, we have little understanding of how sexual selection influences sex-biased gene regulation during the development of exaggerated secondary sexual phenotypes, and how these changes are reflected in genomic...
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