Sex-Specific Selection and Sex-Biased Gene Expression in Humans and Flies

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Cheng, Changde ^a   Kirkpatrick, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

EID: 84990175056     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006170     Document Type: Article

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