Sex-specific morphs: the genetics and evolution of intra-sexual variation

JE Mank - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Sex-specific morphs exhibit discrete phenotypes, often including many disparate traits, that
are observed in only one sex. These morphs have evolved independently in many different …

Relaxed selection and the rapid evolution of reproductive genes

AL Dapper, MJ Wade - Trends in Genetics, 2020 - cell.com
Evolutionary genomic studies find that reproductive protein genes, those directly involved in
reproductive processes, diversify more rapidly than most other gene categories. Strong …

Genomic analysis of Sparus aurata reveals the evolutionary dynamics of sex-biased genes in a sequential hermaphrodite fish

M Pauletto, T Manousaki, S Ferraresso… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
Sexual dimorphism is a fascinating subject in evolutionary biology and mostly results from
sex-biased expression of genes, which have been shown to evolve faster in gonochoristic …

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

I Darolti, AE Wright, P Pucholt, S Berlin… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fish sperm competition in hatcheries and between wild and hatchery origin fish in nature

J Beirão, TB Egeland, CF Purchase, JT Nordeide - Theriogenology, 2019 - Elsevier
Males compete pre-and post-mating to fertilize the maximum number of eggs. In polyandry,
sperm competition occurs when sperm from two or more males compete to fertilize eggs …

Ejaculate allocation and sperm characteristics differ among alternative male types in a species of fish with cooperation and competition among unrelated males

SH Alonzo, KA Stiver, HK Kindsvater, SE Marsh-Rollo… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sexual selection arising from sperm competition has driven the evolution of immense
variation in ejaculate allocation and sperm characteristics not only among species, but also …

Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents

EEK Kopania, GWC Thomas, CR Hutter… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
It remains unclear how variation in the intensity of sperm competition shapes phenotypic and
molecular evolution across clades. Mice and rats in the subfamily Murinae are a rapid …

Molecular evolution of male reproduction across species with highly divergent sperm morphology in diverse murine rodents

EEK Kopania, GWC Thomas, CR Hutter, SME Mortimer… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Sperm competition can drive the rapid evolution of male reproductive traits, but it remains
unclear how variation in sperm competition intensity shapes phenotypic and molecular …

The evolution of the testis transcriptome in pregnant male pipefishes and seahorses

BD Johnson, AP Anderson, CM Small, E Rose… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In many animals, sperm competition and sexual conflict are thought to drive the rapid
evolution of male-specific genes, especially those expressed in the testes. A potential …

The evolution of sexual dimorphism in gene expression in response to a manipulation of mate competition

P Mishra, HD Rundle, AF Agrawal - Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Many genes are differentially expressed between males and females and patterns of sex-
biased gene expression (SBGE) vary among species. Some of this variation is thought to …