Experimental evolution of a novel sexually antagonistic allele.

Evolutionary conflict permeates biological systems. In sexually reproducing organisms, sex-specific optima mean that the same allele can have sexually antagonistic expression, i.e. beneficial in one sex and detrimental in the other, a phenomenon known as intralocus sexual conflict. Intralocus sexual...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Dean, Jennifer C Perry, Tommaso Pizzari, Judith E Mank, Stuart Wigby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1002917&type=printable
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