Review
Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 137-144 (February 2002) | doi:10.1038/nrg733
The rapid evolution of reproductive proteins
Willie J. Swanson1 & Victor D. Vacquier2 About the authors
Abstract
Many genes that mediate sexual reproduction, such as those involved in gamete recognition, diverge rapidly, often as a result of adaptive evolution. This widespread phenomenon might have important consequences, such as the establishment of barriers to fertilization that might lead to speciation. Sequence comparisons and functional studies are beginning to show the extent to which the rapid divergence of reproductive proteins is involved in the speciation process.
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Author affiliations
- Department of Biology, University of California–Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
Correspondence to: Willie J. Swanson1 Email: willies@citrus.ucr.edu
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