The role of sex in the genomics of human complex traits

EA Khramtsova, LK Davis, BE Stranger - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Nearly all human complex traits and disease phenotypes exhibit some degree of sex
differences, including differences in prevalence, age of onset, severity or disease …

Conservation, acquisition, and functional impact of sex-biased gene expression in mammals

S Naqvi, AK Godfrey, JF Hughes, ML Goodheart… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Sex differences are widespread in humans and other mammals. For
example, the distribution of height or body size is shifted upwards in males relative to …

Tissue-specific sex differences in human gene expression

I Kassam, Y Wu, J Yang, PM Visscher… - Human molecular …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Despite extensive sex differences in human complex traits and disease, the male and
female genomes differ only in the sex chromosomes. This implies that most sex …

Paternal impact on the developmental programming of sexual dimorphism

SM Aljabali, S Pai, R Teperino - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Sexual dimorphism involves distinct anatomical, physiological, behavioral, and
developmental differences between males and females of the same species, influenced by …

RNA-seq analysis for detecting quantitative trait-associated genes

M Seo, K Kim, J Yoon, JY Jeong, HJ Lee, S Cho… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Many recent RNA-seq studies were focused mainly on detecting the differentially expressed
genes (DEGs) between two or more conditions. In contrast, only a few attempts have been …

Sexual dimorphism and aging in the human hyppocampus: identification, validation, and impact of differentially expressed genes by factorial microarray and network …

DV Guebel, NV Torres - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Motivation: In the brain of elderly-healthy individuals, the effects of sexual dimorphism and
those due to normal aging appear overlapped. Discrimination of these two dimensions …

Machine learning applied to transcriptomic data to identify genes associated with feed efficiency in pigs

M Piles, C Fernandez-Lozano… - Genetics Selection …, 2019 - Springer
Background To date, the molecular mechanisms that underlie residual feed intake (RFI) in
pigs are unknown. Results from different genome-wide association studies and gene …

Gene co-expression networks in liver and muscle transcriptome reveal sex-specific gene expression in lambs fed with a mix of essential oils

M Sabino, VAO Carmelo, G Mazzoni, K Cappelli… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Essential oil (EO) dietary supplementation is a new strategy to improve animal
health. EO compounds have antiparasitic, antimicrobial, antiviral, antimycotic, antioxidant …

Whole genome analyses revealed genomic difference between European taurine and East Asian taurine

Q Chen, J Shen, Q Hanif, N Chen… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract European taurine and East Asian taurine are two main clades in Bos taurus, but
their genomic differences are not clearly elucidated. Here, we sequenced 16 Mongolian …

Developmental Programming: Sex-specific Effects of Prenatal Exposure to a Real-Life Mixture of Environmental Chemicals on Liver Function and Transcriptome in …

SV Thangaraj, M Bellingham, R Lea, N Evans… - Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
Humans are chronically exposed to a mixture of environmental chemicals (ECs), many with
metabolic and endocrine disrupting potential, contributing to non-communicable disease …