Positive selection within sperm-egg adhesion domains of fertilin: an ADAM gene with a potential role in fertilization.

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Published in Mol Biol Evol on January 01, 2003

Authors

Alberto Civetta1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. a.civetta@uwinnipeg.ca

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