Sperm-storage defects and live birth in drosophila females lacking spermathecal secretory cells

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Schnakenberg, Sandra L ^a   Matias, Wilfredo R ^a   Siegal, Mark L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVOVIVIPARITY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SECRETORY CELL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM STORAGE DEFECT; SPERMATHECA; SPERMATHECAL ENDOPEPTIDASE 1 GENE; SPERMATHECAL ENDOPEPTIDASE 2 GENE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 82455175807     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001192     Document Type: Article

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