ECB-ART-42089
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
2011 Nov 01;311:a002931. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002931.
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Selection in the rapid evolution of gamete recognition proteins in marine invertebrates.
Vacquier VD
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Swanson WJ
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Abstract
Animal fertilization is governed by the interaction (binding) of proteins on the surfaces of sperm and egg. In many examples presented herein, fertilization proteins evolve rapidly and show the signature of positive selection (adaptive evolution). This review describes the molecular evolution of fertilization proteins in sea urchins, abalone, and oysters, animals with external fertilization that broadcast their gametes into seawater. Theories regarding the selective forces responsible for the rapid evolution driven by positive selection seen in many fertilization proteins are discussed. This strong selection acting on divergence of interacting fertilization proteins might lead to prezygotic reproductive isolation and be a significant factor in the speciation process. Since only a fraction of all eggs are fertilized and only an infinitesimal fraction of male gametes succeed in fertilizing an egg, gametes are obviously a category of entities subjected to intense selection. It is curious that this is never mentioned in the literature dealing with selection, perhaps because we know so little about fitness differences among gametes. (Ernst Mayr, 1997).
PubMed ID: 21730046
PMC ID: PMC3220358
Article link: Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
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R37 HD012986 NICHD NIH HHS , HD057974 NICHD NIH HHS , R03 HD054631 NICHD NIH HHS , R01 HD057974 NICHD NIH HHS , HD042563 NICHD NIH HHS , HD054631 NICHD NIH HHS , HD12986 NICHD NIH HHS , R01 HD042563 NICHD NIH HHS
Genes referenced: LOC100887844
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