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SUBMITTER: Mullon C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4525201 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mullon Charles C Wright Alison E AE Reuter Max M Pomiankowski Andrew A Mank Judith E JE
Nature communications 20150727
Complete sex chromosome dosage compensation has more often been observed in XY than ZW species. In this study, using a population genetic model and the chicken transcriptome, we assess whether sexual conflict can account for this difference. Sexual conflict over expression is inevitable when mutation effects are correlated across the sexes, as compensatory mutations in the heterogametic sex lead to hyperexpression in the homogametic sex. Coupled with stronger selection and greater reproductive v ...[more]