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No evidence for a direct extracellular interaction between human Fc receptor–like 3 (MAIA) and the sperm ligand IZUMO1

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Predicting Protein Function in the AI and Big Data Era

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When does sperm impact fertilization success? The incidence of sperm-related poor fertilization after ICSI in 13 632 matched oocyte donation cycles

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CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated Genome‐editing Reveals 10 Testis‐enriched Genes and One Non‐testis‐enriched Gene are Dispensable for Male Fecundity in Mice

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The Xenopus Oocyte System: Molecular Dynamics of Maturation, Fertilization, and Post-Ovulatory Fate

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Enhancing Genomic Selection for Soybean Drought Tolerance via Integration of Epistasis and AlphaFold2 Prediction

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Need for speed: advances in the era of high throughput interaction proteomics

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Membrane Fusions During Mammalian Fertilization

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Structure and inhibition of the sperm TMEM95–FIMP complex in mammalian fertilizationPreprint

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Characterization of spe-40/Fam187 identifies a deeply conserved sperm protein at the C. elegans fertilization synapsePreprint

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Electrostatic changes enabled the diversification of an exocyst subunit via protein complex escape

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AlphaFold 3-powered discovery of phage proteins that inhibit bacterial transcription initiation

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Spermatozoa lacking TEX51 display hypofertility and defects in morphology

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Sperm, eggs, pollen, and gelato, oh my!

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AlphaFold reveals how sperm and egg hook up in intimate detail

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Bouncer’s receptor on sperm: Investigating sperm-egg compatibility in fishPreprint

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The dramatic impact of the PER-DBT interaction on circadian timekeeping and temperature compensationPreprint

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Molecular determinants of species-specific cell-cell recognition activating the class II gamete fusogen HAP2Preprint

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Cross-species insemination reveals mouse sperm ability to enter and cross the fish micropylePreprint

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Deep learning insights into the architecture of the mammalian egg-sperm fusion synapsePreprint

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Protein-mediated cell–cell interactions in multicellular biology

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Fertilization and evolution: AI-powered search finds a missing link in sperm–egg interaction

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Intraspecific variation and functional study of VERL polymorphism in Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) and giant abalone (H. gigantea Gmelin)

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Fertilization and the fast block to polyspermy in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis: A historical perspective

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Cross-species insemination reveals mouse sperm ability to enter and cross the fish micropyle

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Patched Homolog 1 (Ptch1) Participates in Rat Sperm-Oocyte Fusion by Interacting with Izumo1 and Pdia3Preprint

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Cross-species insemination reveals mouse sperm ability to enter and cross the fish micropylePreprint

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Zebrafish Unga Is Required for Genomic Maintenance upon Genotoxic Stress and Male Fertility

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High-throughput prediction of protein–protein interactions uncovers hidden molecular networks in biosynthetic gene clustersPreprint

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Role of adjuvants in the efficacy of an IZUMO1-based immunocontraceptive vaccine in mice

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Exploring the multi-protein assembly of the enzymes of the de novo purine nucleotide biosynthetic pathway from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Metabolomics Reveals Betaine as a Biomarker for Better Boar Spermatozoa Freezability

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JUNO-coated beads as a functional assay to capture and characterize fertilization-competent human sperm

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Small molecule recognition based on molecularly imprinted labels

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How Artificial Intelligence Shapes Science: Evidence from AlphaFoldPreprint

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Human Sperm-Induced Cell-Cell Fusion Requiring JUNO (hSPICER): A paradigm shift to test sperm fertilizing potentialPreprint

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The SPARK complex forms the molecular basis of vertebrate fertilizationPreprint

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CPEB1 orchestrates cell cycle-dependent translation of maternal factors to coordinate nuclear-cytoplasmic maturation in porcine oocytes

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Evolution of an Aurora Kinase A Inhibitor from an Essential tRNA SynthetasePreprint

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Rat DCST1 and DCST2 are essential for sperm–egg fusion

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High-Throughput Prediction of Protein–Protein Interactions Uncovers Hidden Molecular Networks in Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

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WD repeat-containing protein 41 (WDR41) is involved in fertilization and interacts with IZUMO1 and JUNO

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Fertilization: Loops in a ß-propeller as substrates for evolution of species specificity

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Integrating gene regulatory networks to improve the interpretability of soybean plant height and flowering time

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ADAM20 Participates Modestly to Fertilization as Its Absence Leads to In Vitro Hypofertility in Mouse

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ZAN, IZUMO1, and TMEM95 Protein Domains Identify the Physiological Status of the Sperm

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Comparative analysis of immunocontraceptive vaccines in wild animals: Modes of action, molecular targets, and immunological responses

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From phenotype to gene during the oocyte-to-embryo transition: Integrating genetic and sequencing-based strategies to identify maternal-effect genes in zebrafish

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Assisted Sperm Fusion Insemination: A Fusion‐Based Approach to Fertilization Without Mechanical Oolemma Penetration

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Cryptosporidium sex employs a complex male fertilization apparatus that is required for continued infectionPreprint

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