Masculinization of the X-chromosome in aphid soma and gonads
J. Jaquiery, J.-C. Simon, S. Robin, G. Richard, J. Peccoud, H. Boulain, F. Legeai, S. Tanguy, N. Prunier-Leterme, G. Letrionnaire
The paper examines X-chromosome masculinization in aphid tissues, finding male-biased genes are more frequent on the X and duplicated X genes show higher male bias, supporting sexual conflict resolution through gene duplication.
bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2021Evolutionary Biology