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...
Main Authors: | Damien Beau Wilburn, Lisa M Tuttle, Rachel E Klevit, Willie J Swanson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-12-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/52628 |
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