Sex peptide is required for the efficient release of stored sperm in mated drosophila females

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 595-600

  Avila, Frank W ^a   Ram, K Ravi ^a,c   Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^b   Wolfner, Mariana F ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SEMINAL FLUID PROTEIN; SEX PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MUTATION; OVIPOSITION; PEPTIDES; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78650912236     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.119735     Document Type: Article

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