Proteins within the seminal fluid are crucial to keep sperm viable in the honeybee Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-414

  King, Michaela ^a   Eubel, Holger ^a   Millar, A Harvey ^a   Baer, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ejaculate; Fructose; Male fertility; Sexual reproduction; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; HONEYBEE; INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BEES; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 79951516670     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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