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Schematic illustration representing the several points of selenium biology, including selenium partitioning, selenium metabolism, and selenoprotein function, where sexual dimorphism has been reported. Except for the regulation of members of the selenocysteine incorporation and the absence of selenoprotein genes in sex chromosomes, most current evidence points towards sexual dimorphism as a broad characteristic of selenium biology.
