The Old and the New: Discovery Proteomics Identifies Putative Novel Seminal Fluid Proteins in Drosophila

Abstract

, SFPs and show that SFPs with known extracellular annotation evolve more rapidly than other proteins produced by or contained within the accessory gland. Our results will further the understanding of the evolution of SFPs and the underlying male accessory gland proteins that mediate reproductive fitness of the sexes.