Mammalian sperm proteins are rapidly evolving: evidence of positive selection in functionally diverse genes.

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Published in Mol Biol Evol on November 01, 2002

Authors

Dara G Torgerson1, Rob J Kulathinal, Rama S Singh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. torgerdg@mcmaster.ca

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