Identification, RNAi knockdown, and functional analysis of an ejaculate protein that mediates a postmating, prezygotic phenotype in a cricket.

Postmating, prezygotic phenotypes, especially those that underlie reproductive isolation between closely related species, have been a central focus of evolutionary biologists over the past two decades. Such phenotypes are thought to evolve rapidly and be nearly ubiquitous among sexually reproducing...

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Main Authors: Jeremy L Marshall, Diana L Huestis, Yasuaki Hiromasa, Shanda Wheeler, Cris Oppert, Susan A Marshall, John M Tomich, Brenda Oppert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2761614?pdf=render