Selection in the rapid evolution of gamete recognition proteins in marine invertebrates

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Vacquier, Victor D ^a   Swanson, Willie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; HALIOTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG JELLY LIGAND RECEPTORS, STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; EGG PROTEIN; EGG SURFACE SPERM RECEPTOR; LYSIN; MUCOPROTEIN; VERL PROTEIN, HALIOTIS;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GASTROPOD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTROPODA; MALE; MUCOPROTEINS; OSTREIDAE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEA URCHINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84863947237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002931     Document Type: Review

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