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Figure 1: Alignment of the protamine P1 (PRM1) amino-acid sequences from human, chimpanzee, gorilla and orangutan.

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Clark, A., Civetta, A. Protamine wars. Nature 403, 261–263 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35002236

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