Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Mating system manipulation and the evolution of sex-biased gene expression in Drosophila

  • Paris Veltsos,
  • Yongxiang Fang,
  • Andrew R. Cossins,
  • Rhonda R. Snook,
  • Michael G. Ritchie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02232-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Sexual selection on males is thought to favour male-biased gene expression. Here, Veltsos et al. experimentally evolve Drosophila pseudoobscura under different mating systems and, contrary to expectation, most often find masculinization of the transcriptome under monogamy rather than under elevated polyandry.