Non-random genomic integration - an intrinsic property of retrogenes in Drosophila?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Drosophila X-chromosome shows a significant underrepresentation of genes with male-biased gene expression (demasculinization). This trend is matched by retrogenes, which typically have a male biased gene expression pattern and sh...

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Main Authors: Metta Muralidhar, Schlötterer Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/114