The complex history of a gene proposed to participate in a sexual isolation mechanism in house mice.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004102

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The complex history of a gene proposed to participate in a sexual isolation mechanism in house mice.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Apr 2002

Karn Robert C, Orth Annie, Bonhomme François, Boursot Pierre

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Previous behavioral experiments showed that mouse salivary androgen-binding protein (ABP) was involved in interindividual recognition and might play a role in sexual isolation between house mouse (Mus musculus) subspecies. The pattern of evolution of Abpa, the gene for the alpha subunit of ABP, was found to be consistent with this hypothesis. Abpa apparently diverged rapidly between species and subspecies with a...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Androgen-Binding Protein
Animals
Base Sequence
Evolution, Molecular
Exons
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Variation
Introns
Male
Mice
Molecular Sequence Data
Muridae
Phylogeny
Selection, Genetic
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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PMID: 11919288
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004102

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