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Molecular evolution of seminal proteins in field crickets.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 2006
Andrés José A, Maroja Luana S, Bogdanowicz Steven M, Swanson Willie J, Harrison Richard G
Abstract excerpt
In sexually reproducing organisms, male ejaculates are complex traits that are potentially subject to many different selection pressures. Recent experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that postmating sexual selection, and particularly sexual conflict, may play a key role in the evolution of the proteinaceous components of ejaculates. However, this evidence is based almost entirely on the study of...
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