Re-upping this thread on PGE in mealybugs because the results are finally published in Molecular Ecology:
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Most studies of sex-biased genes explore their evolution in familiar chromosomal sex determination systems, leaving the evolution of sex differences under alternative reproductive systems unknown. He...
Wow, lots of new followers this week! To celebrate and (re)introduce myself, I want to share one of the weird reproductive systems my lab works on: Paternal Genome Elimination in mealybugs. If you have house plants, maybe you know these waxy little pests already. But do you know their genetics?
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