The rapid evolution of reproductive proteins

被引:1004
作者
Swanson, WJ [1 ]
Vacquier, VD
机构
[1] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Ctr Marine Biotechnol & Biomed, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1038/nrg733
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
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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