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Indirect sexual selection drives rapid sperm protein evolution in abalone

Sexual selection can explain the rapid evolution of fertilization proteins, yet sperm proteins evolve rapidly even if not directly involved in fertilization. In the marine mollusk abalone, sperm secrete enormous quantities of two rapidly evolving proteins, lysin and sp18, that are stored at nearly m...

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Published in:eLife
Main Authors: Wilburn, Damien Beau, Tuttle, Lisa M, Klevit, Rachel E, Swanson, Willie J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6952181/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31868593
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52628
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