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cdc-25.4, a Caenorhabditis elegans Ortholog of cdc25, Is Required for Male Mating Behavior.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 7 Dec 2016
Oh Sangmi, Kawasaki Ichiro, Park Jae-Hyung, Shim Yhong-Hee
Abstract excerpt
Cell division cycle 25 (cdc25) is an evolutionarily conserved phosphatase that promotes cell cycle progression. Among the four cdc25 orthologs in Caenorhabditis elegans, we found that cdc-25.4 mutant males failed to produce outcrossed progeny. This was not caused by defects in sperm development, but by defects in male mating behavior. The cdc-25.4 mutant males showed various defects during male mating, including...
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