What are the Genomunities that Govern Sexual Dimorphisms?

Abstract

Here we propose a new concept called genomunities (genome communities) and thus explore how they govern 116 sexual dimorphism pathways in Xenopus tropicalis. Based on alternative polyadenylation events, a total of 262 genomunities were identified to be associated with these pathways. These genomunities originated from six sources: oocytes (maternal RNA), oocytes/zygotes, zygotes, embryos, adult females and adult males. Our discussion is focused on genomunity memberships, genomunity contribution and genomunity partnerships. Overall, our genomunity concept may open new research fronts to understand emerging biological and biomedical questions related to gender and gender expression, sex and gender identity, transgender, gender dysphoria, and sexual orientation, for example.