Sexual conflict drives micro- and macroevolution of sexual dimorphism in immunity
B. Bagchi, Q. Corbel, I. Khan, E. Payne, D. Banerji, J. Liljestrand-Ronn, I. Martinossi-Allibert, J. Baur, A. Sayadi, E. Immonen, G. Arnqvist, I. Soderhall, D. Berger
This study shows that sexual conflict influences sexual dimorphism in immunity through molecular and phenotypic changes in seed beetles.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2020Evolutionary Biology