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A polycystin-1 controls postcopulatory reproductive selection in mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Jun 2008
Sutton Keith A, Jungnickel Melissa K, Florman Harvey M
Abstract excerpt
Pkdrej, a member of the polycystin-1 gene family, is expressed only in the male germ line. Male mice that are homozygous for a targeted mutation in the Pkdrej allele (Pkdrej(tm/tm)) are fertile in unrestricted mating trials, but exhibit lower reproductive success when competing with wild-type males in sequential mating trials and in artificial insemination of mixed-sperm populations. Following mating, sperm from...
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