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Molecular Reproduction & Development Volume 80, Issue 6, June 2013 cover image
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
molecular reproduction and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.745
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1098-2795
pISSN - 1040-452X
DOI - 10.1002/mrd.22092
Subject(s) - biology , spawn (biology) , abalone , sperm , human fertilization , acrosome , evolutionary biology , reproduction , zoology , acrosome reaction , ecology , genetics , fishery
Abalone is an important model for the molecular interactions and evolution of fertilization. Palmer et al (this issue) used testis and sperm from red abalone (shown) to look for new abalone sperm proteins, and found a rapidly evolving and abundant acrosome protein that had not been seen before. The upper right individual is beginning to spawn.