Adaptive evolution of proteins secreted during sperm maturation: An analysis of the mouse epididymal transcriptome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 383-392

  Dean, Matthew D ^a   Good, Jeffrey M ^a   Nachman, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Evolution; Reproduction; Selection

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA ISOLATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICE; PROTEINS; SPERM MATURATION; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 38949166378     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm265     Document Type: Article

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