Quantitative evolutionary proteomics of seminal fluid from primates with different mating systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Genomic data from various organisms have been used to study how sexual selection has shaped genetic diversity in reproductive proteins, and in particular, to elucidate how mating systems may have influenced evolution at the molecular and phenotypic levels. However, large-scale proteomic data including protein identifications and abundances are only now entering the field of evolutionary and comparative genomics. Variation in both protein sequence and expression level may play important roles in the evolution of sexual traits and behaviors.

Results

Here, we broadly analyze the components of seminal fluid from primates with diverse mating systems ranging from monogamous to polygynous, and include genomics, proteomics, phylogenetic and quantitative characters into ou

SUBMITTER: Claw KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6014011 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature