Evolutionary Patterns of Sex-Biased Genes in Three Species of Haplodiploid Insects.

ABSTRACT: Females and males often differ obviously in morphology and behavior, and the differences between sexes are the result of natural selection and/or sexual selection. To a great extent, the differences between the two sexes are the result of differential gene expression. In haplodiploid insects, this phenomenon is obvious, since males develop from unfertilized zygotes and females develop from fertilized zygotes. Whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci species complex are typical haplodiploid insects, and some species of this complex are important pests of many crops worldwide. Here, we report the transcriptome profiles of males and females in three species of this whitefly complex. Between-species comparisons revealed that non-sex-biased genes display higher variation than male-biased or fema

SUBMITTER: Wang YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7349267 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature