Willie J. Swanson

The paper identifies the human ZP3r ortholog as a pseudogene and finds independent pseudogenization events of ZP3r in apes and monkeys.

The paper investigates the structural and functional diversification of ZP-N domains in vertebrate reproductive proteins using phylogenetics and machine learning, identifying stabilizing residues and patterns of selection.

The paper shows how duplication and sequence diversification of acrosomal proteins in abalone contribute to molecular diversity in fertilization.

The paper characterizes the egg coat proteome of threespine stickleback fish and identifies evolutionary changes in ZP proteins that may contribute to reproductive isolation.