Nathaniel L Clark, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Published online: May 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0020775
Adaptive pressures throughout primate evolution have shaped sperm and seminal fluid proteins, causing them to change more rapidly than most other proteins. The adaptations are thought to be in response to sperm competition, sexual conflict, pathogen evasion and reinforcement.
Keywords: positive selection; adaptive evolution; sperm; semen; primate; sexual selection
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Figure 1. Steps of fertilization and specific proteins showing adaptive evolution.
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