Positive selection and propeptide repeats promote rapid interspecific divergence of a gastropod sperm protein

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 458-466

  Hellberg, Michael E ^a,b   Moy, Gary W ^b   Vacquier, Victor D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative processing; Fertilization; Positive selection; Prepro duplication; Sperm; Tegula

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; GASTROPOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPERM;

GASTROPODA; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; NORRISIA; TEGULA; TEGULA AUREOTINCTA; TEGULA REGINA;

EID: 0033998430     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026325     Document Type: Article

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