W. Swanson

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1. The rapid evolution of reproductive proteins

   W. Swanson, V. Vacquier

   2002Nature reviews genetics1,329 citations

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2. Evolutionary EST analysis identifies rapidly evolving male reproductive proteins in Drosophila

   W. Swanson, A. Clark, Heidi M. Waldrip-Dail, M. Wolfner +1 more

   2001Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America507 citations Open access

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3. Pervasive adaptive evolution in mammalian fertilization proteins.

   W. Swanson, R. Nielsen, Qiaofeng Yang

   2003Molecular biology and evolution495 citations Open access

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4. Positive Darwinian selection drives the evolution of several female reproductive proteins in mammals

   W. Swanson, Zi-Heng Yang, M. Wolfner, C. Aquadro

   2001Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America427 citations Open access

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5. Codon-substitution models to detect adaptive evolution that account for heterogeneous selective pressures among site classes.

   Zi-Heng Yang, W. Swanson

   2002Molecular biology and evolution375 citations

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6. Proteomics Reveals Novel Drosophila Seminal Fluid Proteins Transferred at Mating

   Geoffrey D. Findlay, X. Yi, M. MacCoss, W. Swanson

   2008PLoS Biology356 citations Open access

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7. Evolution of reproductive proteins from animals and plants.

   Nathaniel L. Clark, J. Aagaard, W. Swanson

   2006Reproduction332 citations Open access

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8. Speciation in birds: Genes, geography, and sexual selection

   S. Edwards, S. Kingan, J. Calkins, C. N. Balakrishnan +3 more

   2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America294 citations Open access

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9. Evolutionary Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis of Drosophila Female Reproductive Tracts Identifies Genes Subjected to Positive Selection

   W. Swanson, A. Wong, M. Wolfner, C. Aquadro

   2004Genetics240 citations

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10. Genomic signatures of positive selection in humans and the limits of outlier approaches.

    J. Kelley, J. Madeoy, J. C. Calhoun, W. Swanson +1 more

    2006Genome Research218 citations Open access

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11. Reproductive Protein Evolution

    W. Swanson, V. Vacquier

    2002198 citations

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12. Pervasive Adaptive Evolution in Primate Seminal Proteins

    Nathaniel L. Clark, W. Swanson

    2005PLoS Genetics190 citations Open access

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13. Positive selection in the egg receptor for abalone sperm lysin

    B. Galindo, V. Vacquier, W. Swanson

    2003Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America171 citations Open access

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14. Proteomic discovery of previously unannotated, rapidly evolving seminal fluid genes in Drosophila.

    Geoffrey D. Findlay, M. MacCoss, W. Swanson

    2009Genome Research160 citations Open access

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15. Coevolution of Interacting Fertilization Proteins

    Nathaniel L. Clark, J. Gasper, M. Sekino, Stevan A. Springer +2 more

    2009PLoS Genetics145 citations Open access

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16. Rapid evolution of reproductive proteins in abalone and Drosophila

    T. Panhuis, Nathaniel L. Clark, W. Swanson

    2006Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences140 citations Open access

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17. Molecular evolution of seminal proteins in field crickets.

    J. Andrés, Luana S. Maroja, S. Bogdanowicz, W. Swanson +1 more

    2006Molecular biology and evolution138 citations Open access

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18. Selection in the rapid evolution of gamete recognition proteins in marine invertebrates.

    V. Vacquier, W. Swanson

    2011Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology121 citations Open access

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19. A test for faster X evolution in Drosophila.

    A. Betancourt, Daven C. Presgraves, W. Swanson

    2002Molecular biology and evolution108 citations Open access

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20. From molecules to mating: Rapid evolution and biochemical studies of reproductive proteins

    D. Wilburn, W. Swanson

    2015Journal of Proteomics105 citations Open access

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21. Proteomics and comparative genomic investigations reveal heterogeneity in evolutionary rate of male reproductive proteins in mice (Mus domesticus).

    M. Dean, Nathaniel L. Clark, Geoffrey D. Findlay, R. C. Karn +4 more

    2009Molecular biology and evolution101 citations Open access

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22. Trans genomic capture and sequencing of primate exomes reveals new targets of positive selection.

    Renee D. George, G. McVicker, R. Diederich, Sarah B. H. Ng +4 more

    2011Genome Research99 citations Open access

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23. Proteomics enhances evolutionary and functional analysis of reproductive proteins

    Geoffrey D. Findlay, W. Swanson

    2010Bioessays92 citations Open access

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24. Extraordinary intraspecific diversity in oyster sperm bindin

    G. W. Moy, Stevan A. Springer, S. Adams, W. Swanson +1 more

    2008Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America84 citations Open access

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25. Positive selection in the human genome: from genome scans to biological significance.

    J. Kelley, W. Swanson

    2008Annual review of genomics and human genetics (Print)82 citations Open access

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26. Gene Duplication and Adaptive Evolution of Digestive Proteases in Drosophila arizonae Female Reproductive Tracts

    E. Kelleher, W. Swanson, T. Markow

    2007PLoS Genetics82 citations Open access

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27. Rapidly evolving zona pellucida domain proteins are a major component of the vitelline envelope of abalone eggs

    J. Aagaard, X. Yi, M. MacCoss, W. Swanson

    2006Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America82 citations Open access

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28. Adaptive evolution of foundation kinetochore proteins in primates.

    Mary G. Schueler, W. Swanson, P. Thomas, E. Green

    2010Molecular biology and evolution78 citations Open access

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29. Comparative sequence analyses reveal rapid and divergent evolutionary changes of the WFDC locus in the primate lineage.

    Belén Hurlé, W. Swanson, E. Green

    2007Genome Research75 citations Open access

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30. Full-length sequence of VERL, the egg vitelline envelope receptor for abalone sperm lysin.

    B. Galindo, G. W. Moy, W. Swanson, V. Vacquier

    2002Gene75 citations

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31. Adaptive evolution in the SRZ chemoreceptor families of Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae.

    James H. Thomas, J. Kelley, H. M. Robertson, Kim Ly +1 more

    2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America72 citations Open access

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32. ZP domain proteins in the abalone egg coat include a paralog of VERL under positive selection that binds lysin and 18-kDa sperm proteins.

    J. Aagaard, V. Vacquier, M. MacCoss, W. Swanson

    2010Molecular biology and evolution65 citations Open access

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33. Identification of ejaculated proteins in the house mouse (Mus domesticus) via isotopic labeling

    M. Dean, Geoffrey D. Findlay, M. Hoopmann, Christine C. Wu +3 more

    2011BMC Genomics60 citations Open access

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34. Molecular Evolution and Population Genetic Analysis of Candidate Female Reproductive Genes in Drosophila

    T. Panhuis, W. Swanson

    2006Genetics60 citations

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35. Adaptive evolution in rodent seminal vesicle secretion proteins.

    R. C. Karn, Nathaniel L. Clark, Eric D Nguyen, W. Swanson

    2008Molecular biology and evolution58 citations Open access

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36. Molecular population genetics of the gene encoding the human fertilization protein zonadhesin reveals rapid adaptive evolution.

    J. Gasper, W. Swanson

    2006American Journal of Human Genetics58 citations Open access

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37. Evidence of amino acid diversity-enhancing selection within humans and among primates at the candidate sperm-receptor gene PKDREJ.

    D. Hamm, Brian S. Mautz, M. Wolfner, C. Aquadro +1 more

    2007American Journal of Human Genetics57 citations Open access

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38. TRPV6 exhibits unusual patterns of polymorphism and divergence in worldwide populations.

    J. Akey, W. Swanson, J. Madeoy, M. Eberle +1 more

    2006Human Molecular Genetics55 citations

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39. Evolution of the egg: new findings and challenges.

    Katrina G. Claw, W. Swanson

    2012Annual review of genomics and human genetics (Print)53 citations

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40. Positive darwinian selection on two homologous fertilization proteins: what is the selective pressure driving their divergence?

    V. Vacquier, W. Swanson, Youn-Ho Lee

    2009Journal of Molecular Evolution53 citations

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41. A perforin-like protein from a marine mollusk.

    Silvia A. Mah, G. W. Moy, W. Swanson, V. Vacquier

    2004Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC53 citations

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42. Positive selection in the carbohydrate recognition domains of sea urchin sperm receptor for egg jelly (suREJ) proteins.

    Silvia A. Mah, W. Swanson, V. Vacquier

    2005Molecular biology and evolution52 citations Open access

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43. Duplication and selection on abalone sperm lysin in an allopatric population.

    Nathaniel L. Clark, Geoffrey D. Findlay, X. Yi, M. MacCoss +1 more

    2007Molecular biology and evolution49 citations Open access

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44. Dietary Change and Adaptive Evolution of enamelin in Humans and Among Primates

    J. Kelley, W. Swanson

    2008Genetics48 citations Open access

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45. Human enamel thickness and ENAM polymorphism

    D. Daubert, J. Kelley, Y. G. Udod, Carolina Habor +5 more

    2016International Journal of Oral Science44 citations Open access

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46. Evolution of microRNA in primates

    Jey C. McCreight, Sean Schneider, D. Wilburn, W. Swanson

    2017PLoS ONE43 citations Open access

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47. The molecular basis of sex: linking yeast to human.

    W. Swanson, J. Aagaard, V. Vacquier, M. Monné +2 more

    2011Molecular biology and evolution42 citations Open access

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48. Detecting coevolution through allelic association between physically unlinked loci.

    R. Rohlfs, W. Swanson, B. Weir

    2010American Journal of Human Genetics41 citations Open access

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49. Oyster sperm bindin is a combinatorial fucose lectin with remarkable intra-species diversity.

    Stevan A. Springer, G. W. Moy, D. Friend, W. Swanson +1 more

    2008International Journal of Developmental Biology41 citations Open access

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50. The evolutionary significance of variation in sperm–egg interactions

    T. Karr, W. Swanson, R. Snook

    200935 citations

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