The Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) Has Two Very Similar Semenogelin Genes as the Result of Gene Conversion1
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- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 76 (4), 604-610
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.106.057661
Abstract
The semen coagulum proteins have undergone substantial structural changes during evolution. In primates, these seminal vesicle-secreted proteins areKeywords
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