Adaptive evolution of SCML1 in primates, a gene involved in male reproduction

BACKGROUND: Genes involved in male reproduction are often the targets of natural and/or sexual selection. SCML1 is a recently identified X-linked gene with preferential expression in testis. To test whether SCML1 is the target of selection in primates, we sequenced and compared the coding region of...

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Autores principales: Wu, Hai-hui, Su, Bing
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2459175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18601738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-192