text: V. Vacquier | Semantic Scholar
  202 Publications, 7,778 Citations
  193 Publications, 10,774 Citations
  107 Publications, 7,852 Citations
  Many genes that mediate sexual reproduction, such as those involved in gamete recognition, diverge rapidly, often as a result of adaptive evolution. This widespread phenomenon might have important… Expand
  Z. Yang, W. Swanson, V. Vacquier
  Maximum-likelihood models of codon substitution were used to analyze sperm lysin genes of 25 abalone (HALIOTIS:) species to identify lineages and amino acid sites under diversifying selection. The… Expand
  REVIEW Although fertilization has been studied for more than a century, the cell surface proteins mediating the process are only now becoming known. Gamete interaction in animals appears to be… Expand
  M. E. Hellberg, V. Vacquier
  Proteins mediating intercellular recognition face opposing selective forces as they evolve: purifying selection to maintain function, and diversifying selection to alter specificity. Lysin is a… Expand
  G. E. Ward, C. Brokaw, D. Garbers, V. Vacquier
  Resact, a peptide of known sequence isolated from the jelly layer of Arbacia punctulata eggs, is a potent chemoattractant for A. punctulata spermatozoa. The chemotactic response is concentration… Expand
  Abstract A simple procedure is described for isolating preparations of cortical granule layers from sea urchin eggs. The isolated granules are structurally intact as revealed by scanning and… Expand
  ▪ Abstract The evolution of proteins involved in reproduction is only now beginning to be studied. A reoccurring observation is the rapid evolution of the molecules mediating reproductive events… Expand
  E. Metz, R. Robles-Sikisaka, V. Vacquier
  Strong positive Darwinian selection acts on two sperm fertilization proteins, lysin and 18-kDa protein, from abalone (Haliotis). To understand the phylogenetic context for this dramatic molecular… Expand
  M. Muchmore, G. Moy, W. Swanson, V. Vacquier
  A tandemly repeated satellite DNA of 290-291 base pairs (bp) was identified by SalI digestion of genomic DNA of five species of Eastern Pacific (California) abalone (genus, Haliotis). Following… Expand