Sex-biased expression in Drosophila willistoni
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ORGANISM(S): Drosophila willistoni
SUBMITTER: Richard Meisel
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-31723 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Disentangling the relationship between sex-biased gene expression and X-linkage.
Meisel Richard P RP Malone John H JH Clark Andrew G AG
Genome research 20120412 7
X chromosomes are preferentially transmitted through females, which may favor the accumulation of X-linked alleles/genes with female-beneficial effects. Numerous studies have shown that genes with sex-biased expression are under- or over-represented on the X chromosomes of a wide variety of organisms. The patterns, however, vary between different animal species, and the causes of these differences are unresolved. Additionally, genes with sex-biased expression tend to be narrowly expressed in a l ...[more]
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