Assessing sex-specific selection against deleterious alleles: males don’t pay for sex
Zofia M Prokop, Monika A Prus, Tomasz S Gaczorek, Karolina Markot, Joanna K Palka, Magdalena Mendrok
This study investigates sex-specific selection against deleterious mutations in red flour beetles and finds no evidence that sexual selection reduces mutation load more effectively in males than females.
Evolution · Jan 31, 2017Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology