Lineage-specific differences in evolutionary mode in a salamander courtship pheromone

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2243-2256

  Palmer, Catherine A ^a   Watts, Richard A ^a   Gregg, Ron G ^b   McCall, Maureen A ^c   Houck, Lynne D ^a   Highton, Richard ^d   Arnold, Stevan J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship pheromone; Cytokine; Plethodon; Plethodontid receptivity factor; Positive selection; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PHEROMONE; PLETHODONTID RECEPTIVITY FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BREEDING LINE; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SALAMANDER; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIUMA MEANS; PLETHODON; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 26444605027     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi219     Document Type: Article

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