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Evolutionary genetics

the prediction that X-linked genes evolve faster than autosomal ones when beneficial mutations are recessive, because they are exposed in males.

In evolutionary genetics, faster-X effect refers to the prediction that X-linked genes evolve faster than autosomal ones when beneficial mutations are recessive, because they are exposed in males. This meaning comes from Charlesworth (1987) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Charlesworth, B., Coyne, J. A., & Barton, N. H. (1987). The Relative Rates of Evolution of Sex Chromosomes and Autosomes. The American Naturalist, 130(1), 113-146. https://doi.org/10.1086/284701

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