How did gametes evolve to become different? Our new study shows that genetically identical gametes already differ in reproductive investment and costs, revealing hidden sexual asymmetries.
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Meiotic cohesin Rec8 imposes fitness costs on fission yeast gametes favoring the evolution of parental bias in gene expression | PNAS
Differences between partner gametes, which evolved repeatedly in eukaryotes, can contribute
to the evolution of the sexes, sexual selection, and no...
