Sex-biased gene expression and sexual conflict throughout development

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ingleby, Fiona C ^a   Flis, Ilona ^a   Morrow, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84920516990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017632     Document Type: Article

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