Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Masculinization of the X-chromosome in aphid soma and gonads
J. Jaquiery, J.-C. Simon, S. Robin…·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.
DOI 10.24072/pcjournal.166