Sex-linked mammalian sperm proteins evolve faster than autosomal ones

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1705-1709

  Torgerson, Dara G ^a   Singh, Rama S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faster X evolution; Human mouse orthologous genes; Selection; Sperm proteins; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIPOCORTIN 5; LYSOZYME; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; AUTOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; SEX LINKAGE; SPERM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SPERMATOZOON;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 3142699709     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg193     Document Type: Article

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