No Accelerated Rate of Protein Evolution in Male-Biased Drosophila pseudoobscura Genes

• Published in: Genetics (Austin) Vol. 174; no. 1; pp. 411 - 420
• Main Authors: Metta, Muralidhar, Gudavalli, Rambabu, Gibert, Jean-Michel, Schlötterer, Christian
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: United States Genetics Society of America 01.09.2006; Copyright © 2006 by the Genetics Society of America
• Subjects: Amino Acid Substitution; Amino acids; Animals; Chromosomes - chemistry; Comparative analysis; Competition; Data analysis; DNA polymerase; Drosophila - genetics; Drosophila - metabolism; Drosophila melanogaster - genetics; Drosophila melanogaster - metabolism; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics/metabolism; Drosophila pseudoobscura; Drosophila/genetics/metabolism; Evolution, Molecular; Female; Females; Gene Expression; Genes, Insect; Genetics; Genetics & genetic processes; Genomic Library; Génétique & processus génétiques; Insect Proteins - genetics; Insect Proteins - metabolism; Insect Proteins/genetics/metabolism; Investigations; Life sciences; Male; Sciences du vivant; Sex Factors; Software; Synteny

Sexually dimorphic traits are often subject to diversifying selection. Genes with a male-biased gene expression also are probably affected by sexual selection and have a high rate of protein evolution. We used SAGE to measure sex-biased gene expression in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Consistent with pr...