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SUBMITTER: Tamagawa K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5554587 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tamagawa Katsunori K Makino Takashi T Kawata Masakado M
Genome biology and evolution 20170501 5
As most genes are shared between females and males, DNA methylation is assumed to play a crucial role in sex-biased gene expression. DNA methylation exclusively occurs at CpG dinucleotides, and therefore, we would expect that CpG density around transcription start sites (TSSs) relate to sex-biased gene expression. Here we investigated the relationship between CpG densities around TSSs and the ratio of gene expression levels between sexes in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata), which displays remarka ...[more]