Molecular basis for copulatory plug in garter snakes


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88-7  Sat Jan 2  Molecular basis for copulatory plug in garter snakes Ghione, CR*; Coradini, A; Ehrenreich, I; Dean, M; University of Southern California; University of Southern California; University of Southern Caliornia; University of Southern California ghione@usc.edu

Copulatory plugs many organisms throughout the animal kingdom. While studies have discovered several proteins (SVS2, TGM4, PATE4) that are crucial to making copulatory plugs in rodents, the components that make the copulatory plug in other organisms, such as snakes, remain a mystery. My project aims to uncover the proteins that make up the copulatory plug in garter snakes.
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