Slow evolution of sex‐biased genes in the reproductive tissue of the dioecious plant Salix viminalis

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 694 - 708
• Main Authors: Darolti, Iulia, Wright, Alison E., Pucholt, Pascal, Berlin, Sofia, Mank, Judith E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2018; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Angiosperms; Biological evolution; Codon - genetics; codon usage bias; dioecious angiosperms; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary Biology; Evolutionary genetics; Evolutionsbiologi; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes; Genes, Plant; Molecular evolution; Original; ORIGINAL ARTICLES; Plant Leaves - genetics; Pollen; Reproduction; Salix - anatomy & histology; Salix - genetics; Salix - physiology; Salix viminalis; Selection, Genetic; Sex; Sex Characteristics; sex-biased gene expression; sexual selection; dioecious angiosperms; codon usage bias; sexual selection; sex-biased gene expression

The relative rate of evolution for sex‐biased genes has often been used as a measure of the strength of sex‐specific selection. In contrast to studies in a wide variety of animals, far less is known about the molecular evolution of sex‐biased genes in plants, particularly in dioecious angiosperms. H...