Positive selection and sequence rearrangements generate extensive polymorphism in the gamete recognition protein bindin

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 397-406

  Metz, Edward C ^a,b   Palumbi, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

bindin; Echinometra; fertilization; mate recognition; polymorphism; positive selection; recombination; sea urchin

Indexed keywords

BINDIN; BINDING PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GAMETE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA;

EID: 0030033286     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025598     Document Type: Article

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