Population Genetics of Reproductive Genes in Haplodiploid Species.

ABSTRACT: Many animal species are haplodiploid: their fertilized eggs develop into diploid females and their unfertilized eggs develop into haploid males. The unique genetic features of haplodiploidy raise the prospect that these systems can be used to disentangle the population genetic consequences of haploid and diploid selection. To this end, sex-specific reproductive genes are of particular interest because, while they are shared within the same genome, they consistently experience selection in different ploidal environments. However, other features of these genes, including sex-specific expression and putative involvement in postcopulatory sexual selection, are potentially confounding factors because they may also impact the efficacy of selection asymmetrically between the sexes. Thus, to prope

SUBMITTER: Dapper AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9156000 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature