Reduced selection and accumulation of deleterious mutations in genes exclusively expressed in men
2014
Differential selection on sex-specific genes facilitates propagation of deleterious mutations. Here, the authors show that genes exclusively expressed in human testes harbour a greater number of deleterious mutations than genes expressed in both sexes, due to reduced selection in females.
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