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Sexually antagonistic selection maintains genetic variance when sexual dimorphism evolves.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 29 Mar 2023
Kaufmann Philipp, Howie James Malcolm, Immonen Elina
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variance (VG) in fitness related traits is often unexpectedly high, evoking the question how VG can be maintained in the face of selection. Sexually antagonistic (SA) selection favouring alternative alleles in the sexes is common and predicted to maintain VG, while directional selection should erode it. Both SA and sex-limited directional selection can lead to sex-specific adaptations but how each affect...
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