Sex-biased gene expression during head development in a sexually dimorphic stalk-eyed fly.

Stalk-eyed flies (family Diopsidae) are a model system for studying sexual selection due to the elongated and sexually dimorphic eye-stalks found in many species. These flies are of additional interest because their X chromosome is derived largely from an autosomal arm in other flies. To identify ca...

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Main Authors: Gerald S Wilkinson, Philip M Johns, Jackie D Metheny, Richard H Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3602378?pdf=render