ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2018
Genetic constraints on microevolutionary divergence of sex-biased gene expression.
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Abstract
The evolution of sex-specific phenotypes is an important dimension of diversification and local adaptation. The sex-dependent regulation of gene expression is considered a key genomic mechanism facilitating sex-dependent adaptation. In many species, genes with male-biased expression evolve faster in DNA sequence and expression level than genes with female-biased or sexually monomorphic expression. While positive selection may be responsible for rapid DNA sequence evolution, why expression of male-biased genes also evolves rapidly remains unclear. Beyond sex differences in selection, some aspects of the genetic architecture of gene expression could contribute to the rapid evolution of male-biased gene expression. First, male-biased genes might simply have greater standing genetic variance than female-biased genes. Second, male-biased genes could be less constrained by pleiotropy, either within or between sexes. Here, we evaluate these alternative explanations on an intraspecific scale using a series of quantitative genetic experiments conducted on natural variation in male and female gene expression in the fly
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