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Are male genes from Mars, female genes from Venus? – EurekAlert
In a new paper in the PERSPECTIVES section of the journal Science, Melissa Wilson reviews current research into patterns of sex differences in gene expression across the genome, and highlights sampling biases in the human populations included in such studies.
IMAGE: Wilson is a researcher in the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms in Evolution, the Center for Evolution and Medicine, and ASU’s School of Life Sciences.
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Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ between the sexes. Nevertheless, the activities of our genes–their expression in cells and tissues–generate profound dist…
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