Journal article
Origin of Sex-Biased Mental Disorders: An Evolutionary Perspective
Abstract
Sexual dimorphism or sex bias in diseases and mental disorders have two biological causes: sexual selection and sex hormones. We review the role of sexual selection theory and bring together decades of molecular studies on the variation and evolution of sex-biased genes and provide a theoretical basis for the causes of sex bias in disease and health. We present a Sexual Selection-Sex Hormone theory and show that male-driven evolution, including …
Authors
Singh RS; Singh KK; Singh SM
Journal
Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 89, No. 4-5, pp. 195–213
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
6 2021
DOI
10.1007/s00239-021-09999-9
ISSN
0022-2844