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Polygenic response of sex chromosomes to sexual antagonism.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 29 Feb 2024
Muralidhar Pavitra, Coop Graham
Abstract excerpt
Sexual antagonism occurs when males and females differ in their phenotypic fitness optima but are constrained in their evolution to these optima because of their shared genome. The sex chromosomes, which have distinct evolutionary "interests" relative to the autosomes, are theorized to play an important role in sexually antagonistic conflict. However, the evolutionary responses of sex chromosomes and autosomes...
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