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Table 1 Evolutionary rates of genes with male-, female-, and unbiased expression

From: Molecular evolution of sex-biased genes in the Drosophila ananassaesubgroup

Species	Bias^a	Genes	d _S	d _N	d_N/d_S
Dmel vs. Dsim	M	17	0.151	0.028	0.192
	F	16	0.128	0.019	0.154
	U	10	0.113	0.016	0.126
Dana vs. Dat	M	11	0.194	0.020	0.106
	F	8	0.222	0.017	0.071
	U	9	0.171	0.016	0.131
Dana vs. Dph	M	11	0.196	0.018	0.084
	F	8	0.160	0.019	0.118
	U	9	0.222	0.022	0.105

^a For the Dmel vs. Dsim comparison, sex-bias classifications come from D. melanogaster microarray data. For the other comparisons, sex-bias classifications come from D. ananassae microarray data. "M", male-biased; "F", female-biased; "U", unbiased.

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