共 99 条
Sex-Biased Gene Expression and Sexual Conflict throughout Development
被引:61
作者:
Ingleby, Fiona C.
[1
]
Flis, Ilona
[1
]
Morrow, Edward H.
[1
]
机构:
[1] Univ Sussex, Sch Life Sci, Evolut Behav & Environm Grp, Brighton BN1 9QG, E Sussex, England
基金:
欧洲研究理事会;
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词:
GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS;
MALE-LIMITED EVOLUTION;
X-LINKED GENES;
DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER;
ANOPHELES-GAMBIAE;
TRANSCRIPTIONAL VARIATION;
CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS;
SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI;
MULTIPLE TISSUES;
SIZE DIMORPHISM;
D O I:
10.1101/cshperspect.a017632
中图分类号:
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号:
071009 ;
090102 ;
摘要:
Sex-biased gene expression is likely to account for most sexually dimorphic traits because males and females share much of their genome. When fitness optima differ between sexes for a shared trait, sexual dimorphism can allow each sex to express their optimum trait phenotype, and in this way, the evolution of sex-biased gene expression is one mechanism that could help to resolve intralocus sexual conflict. Genome-wide patterns of sex-biased gene expression have been identified in a number of studies, which we review here. However, very little is known about how sex-biased gene expression relates to sex-specific fitness and about how sex-biased gene expression and conflict vary throughout development or across different genotypes, populations, and environments. We discuss the importance of these neglected areas of research and use data from a small-scale experiment on sex-specific expression of genes throughout development to highlight potentially interesting avenues for future research.
引用
收藏
页数:17
相关论文