Methods of transcriptional profiling have made it possible to compare gene expression
between females and males on a genome-wide scale. Such studies have revealed that sex …

A faster rate of adaptive evolution of X‐linked genes compared with autosomal genes can
be caused by the fixation of recessive or partially recessive advantageous mutations, due to …

We used whole-genome resequencing data from a population of Drosophila melanogaster
to investigate the causes of the negative correlation between the within-population …

Although evolutionary transitions from sexual to asexual reproduction are frequent in
eukaryotes, the genetic bases of such shifts toward asexuality remain largely unknown. We …

The rate of recombination impacts on rates of protein evolution for at least two reasons: it
affects the efficacy of selection due to linkage and influences sequence evolution through …

Sex chromosomes have different evolutionary properties compared to autosomes due to
their hemizygous nature. In particular, recessive mutations are more readily exposed to …

The fixation probability of a recessive beneficial mutation is increased on the X or Z
chromosome, relative to autosomes, because recessive alleles carried by X or Z are …

In evolutionary genomics, it is fundamentally important to understand how characteristics of
genomic sequences, such as gene expression level, determine the rate of adaptive …

The faster evolution of X chromosomes has been documented in several species, and
results from the increased efficiency of selection on recessive alleles in hemizygous males …

Pleiotropy is the well-established idea that a single mutation affects multiple phenotypes. If a
mutation has opposite effects on fitness when expressed in different contexts, then genetic …