Substitution rates in the X- and Y-linked genes of the plants, Silene latifolia and S. dioica.

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Theory predicts that selection should be less effective in the nonrecombining genes of Y-chromosomes, relative to the situation for genes on the other chromosomes, and this should lead to the accumulation of deleterious nonsynonymous substitutions. In addition, synonymous substitution rates may differ between X- and Y-linked genes because of the male-driven evolution effect and also because of actual differences in per-replication mutation rates between the sex chromosomes. Here, we report th...

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Authors: Filatov, D; Charlesworth, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Molecular biology and evolution
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 898-907
• Publication date: 2002-06-01
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004147
• EISSN: 1537-1719
• ISSN: 0737-4038
• Language: English
• Keywords: Selection, Genetic; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Genes, Plant; Molecular Sequence Data; Amino Acid Substitution; X Chromosome; Y Chromosome; Mutation; DNA Mutational Analysis; Likelihood Functions; Evolution, Molecular; Phylogeny; Silene; Sequence Analysis, Protein