Male sex drive and the masculinization of the genome

Article Abstract:

A proposal is made that male sex drive directly impacts the genome by leading to its progressive masculinization, genes that possess sex-specific effects on male fitness accumulate to a larger extent and are generally more diverged. Male sex-drive theory complements the female-choice theory of sexual selection and allows for the genetic variation of costly sexual traits to be continuously replenished.

Sexual selection in animals, Sexual selection (Natural selection), Virilism, Genetic variation, Fitness (Genetics)

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Cancer genome sequencing: the challenges ahead

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Solving the high level of genomic and epigenetic heterogeneity of cancer are some of the challenges faced by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Project. The analysis has suggested that cancer is a disease of probability and the most-challenging issue to the TCGA project, as well as the development of general strategies for fighting cancer, lie at the conceptual level.

Prevention, Cancer, Cancer genetics, Cancer invasiveness, Genomic imprinting

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The regulatory genome: Eric Davidson at 70

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The researchers describe their approach and research on regulatory gene networks and its role in Systems Biology on the 70th birthday of Eric Davidson.

United States, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Genetic regulation, Systems biology, Davidson, Eric

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