Concerted evolution in an egg receptor for a rapidly evolving abalone sperm protein

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Swanson, WJ [1 ]
Vacquier, VD [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Ctr Marine Biotechnol & Biomed, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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10.1126/science.281.5377.710
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Gamete interactions during fertilization exhibit species specificity. In abalone, the sperm protein Lysin species-specifically creates a hole in the egg envelope. Lysin evolves rapidly by positive Darwinian selection. Evolution of the egg receptor for Lysin provides the selective pressure for Lysin's divergence. The egg receptor for lysin is a tandemly repeated sequence that evolves by concerted evolution. Concerted evolution in the egg receptor could explain the rapid, adaptive evolution in sperm Lysin and may provide an underlying molecular mechanism that gives rise to species-specific fertilization.
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