Function and composition of male accessory gland secretions in Anopheles gambiae: A comparison with other insect vectors of infectious diseases

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 82-93

  Baldini, Francesco ^a   Gabrieli, Paolo ^a   Rogers, David W ^b   Catteruccia, Flaminia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acps; Anopheles; Copulation; Fertility; Malaria; Post mating response; Protease; Redox; Reproduction; Seminal fluid; Sex; Sperm; Sterile; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA; EGG PRODUCTION; INFECTION; INSECT; MALARIA; MALE ACCESSORY GLAND; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE;

EID: 84865111204     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000016     Document Type: Review

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