Victor D. Vacquier

Research.com Recognitions

• 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1962 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• 1960 - John Price Wetherill Medal, Franklin Institute

Overview

Best Publications

• The rapid evolution of reproductive proteins.

  Willie J. Swanson;Victor D. Vacquier

  1502
  Citations

• The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

  Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  1289
  Citations

• Isolation of bindin: the protein responsible for adhesion of sperm to sea urchin eggs

  Victor D. Vacquier;Gary W. Moy

  536
  Citations

• Evolution of Gamete Recognition Proteins

  Victor D. Vacquier

  417
  Citations

• The isolation of intact cortical granules from sea urchin eggs: Calcium ions trigger granule discharge

  Victor D. Vacquier

  400
  Citations

• Chemotaxis of Arbacia punctulata spermatozoa to resact, a peptide from the egg jelly layer.

  Gary E. Ward;Charles J. Brokaw;David L. Garbers;Victor D. Vacquier

  391
  Citations

• Intrusion of basaltic sills into highly porous sediments, and resulting hydrothermal activity

  Gerhardt Einsele;Joris M. Gieskes;Joseph Curray;David M. Moore

  368
  Citations

• Maximum-Likelihood Analysis of Molecular Adaptation in Abalone Sperm Lysin Reveals Variable Selective Pressures Among Lineages and Sites

  Ziheng Yang;Willie J. Swanson;Victor D. Vacquier

  320
  Citations

• The sea urchin sperm receptor for egg jelly is a modular protein with extensive homology to the human polycystic kidney disease protein, PKD1.

  G W Moy;L M Mendoza;J R Schulz;W J Swanson

  291
  Citations

• Positive selection is a general phenomenon in the evolution of abalone sperm lysin.

  Youn-Ho Lee;T. Ota;V. D. Vacquier

  280
  Citations

• Concerted Evolution in an Egg Receptor for a Rapidly Evolving Abalone Sperm Protein

  Willie J. Swanson;Victor D. Vacquier

  250
  Citations

• Exploring the Phylogenetic Utility of ITS Sequences for Animals: A Test Case for Abalone ( Haliotis )

  Annette W. Coleman;Victor D. Vacquier

  242
  Citations

• Dynamic changes of the egg cortex

  Victor D. Vacquier

  237
  Citations

• Reproductive Protein Evolution

  Willie J. Swanson;Victor D. Vacquier

  231
  Citations

• The fucose sulfate polymer of egg jelly binds to sperm REJ and is the inducer of the sea urchin sperm acrosome reaction

  Victor D Vacquier;Gary W Moy

  215
  Citations

• Nonsynonymous substitution in abalone sperm fertilization genes exceeds substitution in introns and mitochondrial DNA

  Edward C. Metz;Refugio Robles-Sikisaka;Victor D. Vacquier

  214
  Citations

• HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS IN THE FLOOR OF THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

  Victor Vacquier;Arthur D Raff;Robert E Warren

  212
  Citations

• Carbohydrate specificity of sea urchin sperm bindin: a cell surface lectin mediating sperm-egg adhesion.

  C G Glabe;L B Grabel;V D Vacquier;S D Rosen

  197
  Citations

• Species specific agglutination of eggs by bindin isolated from sea urchin sperm

  Charles G. Glabe;Victor D. Vacquier

  193
  Citations

• Protease released from sea urchin eggs at fertilization alters the vitelline layer and aids in preventing polyspermy.

  V.D. Vacquier;Mia J. Tegner;D. Epel

  192
  Citations