Table 2 Expression polymorphism in sex-biased genes
From: Population transcriptomics of Drosophila melanogaster females
| Â | Sex-bias classification | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Female | Male | Unbiased |
Number of genes on array | 4002 | 2572 | 5988 |
Percentage of genes detected as expressed | 56.1* | 36.5* | 44.8 |
Percentage of expressed genes: | Â | Â | Â |
   Polymorphic in Europe | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
   Polymorphic in Africa | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
   Polymorphic overall | 23.8 | 24.4 | 24.7 |
   Differentially expressed between populations | 8.4†| 10.9 | 11.6 |
Average percentage of pairwise differences: | Â | Â | Â |
   Within Europe | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.17 |
   Within Africa | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
   Overall | 0.65 | 0.87 | 0.79 |