Gene Expression

Molecular evolution and the decline of purifying selection with age
Life history theory predicts that the intensity of selection declines with age, and this trend should impact how genes expressed at …
C. Cheng, M. Kirkpatrick
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Molecular evolution and the decline of purifying selection with age
Predicting multivariate responses of sexual dimorphism to direct and indirect selection
Sexual dimorphism is often assumed to result from balancing the strength of antagonistic selection in favor of dimorphism against the …
C. Cheng, D. Houle
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Predicting multivariate responses of sexual dimorphism to direct and indirect selection
Environmental plasticity in the intersexual correlation and sex bias of gene expression
Intersexual genetic correlations are expected to constrain the evolution of sexual dimorphic traits, including the degree of sex-biased …
C. Cheng, M. Kirkpatrick
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Environmental plasticity in the intersexual correlation and sex bias of gene expression