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SPECIAL TRANSMISSION CASE. "Sexually dimorphic phenotypes are often associated with genes on the sex chromosomes because such genes have sex-biased transmission and genomic distributions." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

BULKING SEQUENCES. "The accumulation of TEs and other repetitive sequences is probably a major contributor to the tendency for plant Y chromosomes to be larger than their X homologues." (TE = transposable elements) https://lnkd.in/exrSaeb View in LinkedIn

SPECIAL CASE. "Alleles of sex-linked genes can spread though dioecious populations even when the deleterious effects to one sex outweigh the benefits to the other." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

SEX CHROMOSOMES AND TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS. "TE insertions may therefore accumulate in non-recombining Y chromosome regions, or the loss of gene functions in these regions (see below) may reduce selection against such insertions." (TE = transposable elements). https://lnkd.in/exrSaeb View in LinkedIn

SELECTIVE LOCATION. "Rice (1984) used a genetic model to investigate the relationship between sexual dimorphism and sex chromosomes, and predicted that genes with sexually antagonistic effects should be disproportionately located on sex chromosomes." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

ACCUMULATION OF JUMPING GENES. "A reduced effective population size not only allows deleterious substitutions to occur, it also allows accumulation of transposable element (TE) insertions, which are mostly deleterious." https://lnkd.in/exrSaeb View in LinkedIn

TRANSITIONS. “Viruses were involved in all of the major evolutionary transitions. We need to rewrite the first chapter of evolution. Evolution got jump-started by a virus.” https://lnkd.in/guhpmyR View in LinkedIn

TOTAL BLANK. “The history of evolutionary biology is essentially devoid of considering the consequences of viruses, especially those that persist and colonize.” https://lnkd.in/guhpmyR View in LinkedIn

FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITY. “So what really marks the distinction of us from are nearest relative are the viruses that colonized our respective genomes. The viruses were directly involved in differentiating our lineage from the chimpanzee lineage. In that context, it’s not junk, it’s who we are.” https://lnkd.in/guhpmyR View in LinkedIn

FORK IN THE ROAD. “Long ago, when viruses integrated into primates, they began redrawing their blueprint.” Beneficial changes accumulated and primates gave rise to a new species, homo sapiens. “And as both species went their own ways, both species were continually colonized by their own unique viruses.” https://lnkd.in/guhpmyR View in LinkedIn