Sex-specific functional specialization and the evolutionary rates of essential fertility genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 650-658

  Torgerson, Dara G ^a,b   Whitty, Brett R ^a   Singh, Rama S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispensability; Divergence; Fertility; Gene specialization; Knockout mutations; Rate of evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 27744509096     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0007-5     Document Type: Article

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