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SUBMITTER: Kraaijeveld K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381511 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kraaijeveld Ken K Anvar Seyed Yahya SY Frank Jeroen J Schmitz Arnoud A Bast Jens J Wilbrandt Jeanne J Petersen Malte M Ziesmann Tanja T Niehuis Oliver O de Knijff Peter P den Dunnen Johan T JT Ellers Jacintha J
Genome biology and evolution 20161201 12
Trait loss is a widespread phenomenon with pervasive consequences for a species’ evolutionary potential. The genetic changes underlying trait loss have only been clarified in a small number of cases. None of these studies can identify whether the loss of the trait under study was a result of neutral mutation accumulation or negative selection. This distinction is relatively clear-cut in the loss of sexual traits in asexual organisms. Male-specific sexual traits are not expressed and can only dec ...[more]