Protein-specific manipulation of ejaculate composition in response to female mating status in Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 9922-9926

  Sirot, Laura K ^a,b   Wolfner, Mariana F ^a   Wigby, Stuart ^a,c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intersexual interaction; Male accessory gland; Reproduction; Sexual selection; Strategic ejaculation

Indexed keywords

OVULIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PEPTIDES; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79960029065     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100905108     Document Type: Article

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