Comparative proteomics reveals evidence for evolutionary diversification of rodent seminal fluid and its functional significance in sperm competition

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Ramm, Steven A ^a   McDonald, Lucy ^a   Hurst, Jane L ^a   Beynon, Robert J ^a   Stockley, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copulatory plug; Mammals; Proteomics; Seminal fluid; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GLYCOSYLATION; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RODENT; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL SELECTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPERM COMPETITION; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; MALE; PROTEOMICS; RODENTIA; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; MUROIDEA; RODENTIA;

EID: 57749180665     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn237     Document Type: Article

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