Maximum-likelihood analysis of molecular adaptation in abalone sperm lysin reveals variable selective pressures among lineages and sites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1446-1455

  Yang, Ziheng ^a   Swanson, Willie J ^b   Vacquier, Victor D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abalone; Fertilization; Likelihood ratio test; Lysin; Maximum likelihood; Molecular adaptation; Molecular evolution; Positive selection; Reinforcement; Sperm egg recognition

Indexed keywords

LYSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; SPERM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HALIOTIS; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0033800170     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026245     Document Type: Article

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