Differences in immune responses create a genetic conflict between sexes
Friday, August 3, 2018 - 04:50
in Biology & Nature
A unique study from Lund University in Sweden has discovered for the first time that there is a genetic sexual conflict in the immune system in animals. In females, the variation in central genes of the immune system is too high, whereas in males, it is too low. The researchers argue that the conflict is linked to differences in the immune responses of females and males.