Enhanced adaptive evolution of sperm-expressed genes on the mammalian X chromosome

Heredity

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Torgerson, D G ^a,b   Singh, R S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Positive selection; Sperm genes; Tissue specific genes; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RATS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645008028     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800749     Document Type: Article

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