Sexual selection, genetic conflict, selfish genes, and the atypical patterns of gene expression in spermatogenic cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-26

  Kleene, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer testis associated genes; Gene expression; Genetic conflict; Selfish genes; Sexual selection; Spermatogenesis; Transcriptional promiscuity; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

CALSPERMIN; MESSENGER RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

CANCER GENETICS; COITUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 9644256051     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.09.031     Document Type: Review

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