Sex-biased gene expression on the avian Z chromosome: highly expressed genes show higher male-biased expression.

Dosage compensation, the process whereby expression of sex-linked genes remains similar between sexes (despite heterogamety) and balanced with autosomal expression, was long believed to be essential. However, recent research has shown that several lineages, including birds, butterflies, monotremes a...

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Main Authors: Sara Naurin, Dennis Hasselquist, Staffan Bensch, Bengt Hansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3463555?pdf=render