Evolution of reproductive proteins from animals and plants

Reproduction

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-22

  Clark, Nathaniel L ^a   Aagaard, Jan E ^a   Swanson, Willie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ADHESIN; CD9 ANTIGEN; FERTILIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIODIVERSITY; COPULATION; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FERTILIZATION; FITNESS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIGMA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 32544445408     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00357     Document Type: Review

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