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'Mother's Curse' on Male Gene Expression (1 of 2)

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'Mother's Curse' on Male Gene Expression (1 of 2)

image: The mitochodria give females the edge in the battle of the sexes. This image relates to an article that appeared in the May 13, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Paolo Innocenti of Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, and colleagues, was titled, "Experimental Evidence Supports a Sex-Specific Selective Sieve in Mitochondrial Genome Evolution." view more 

Credit: Scarlette Baccini


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