ArticlePloS one2011
Seminal fluid affects sperm viability in a cricket.
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- Female reproductive fluid and male seminal fluid: a non-gametic conflict for post-mating control.Biology letters · 2023Article
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- Rival seminal fluid induces enhanced sperm motility in a polyandrous ant.BMC evolutionary biology · 2018Article
- Nutritional geometry of paternal effects on embryo mortality.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Socially cued seminal fluid gene expression mediates responses in ejaculate quality to sperm competition risk.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Postmating-prezygotic isolation between two allopatric populations of Drosophila montana: fertilisation success differs under sperm competition.Ecology and evolution · 2016Article
- Revisiting telegony: offspring inherit an acquired characteristic of their mother's previous mate.Ecology letters · 2014Article
- Alternative delivery of male accessory gland products.Frontiers in zoology · 2014Article
- Tactic-specific differences in seminal fluid influence sperm performance.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2013Article
- Age-specific oxidative status and the expression of pre- and postcopulatory sexually selected traits in male red junglefowl, Gallus gallus.Ecology and evolution · 2012Article
- Reduced metabolic rate and oxygen radicals production in stored insect sperm.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2012Article
- Age, but not an immune challenge, triggers terminal investment in the Pacific field cricket,Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Recent studies have suggested that males may vary the quality of their ejaculates in response to sperm competition, although the mechanisms by which they do so remain unclear. The viability of sperm is an important aspect of ejaculate quality that determines competitive fertilization success in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus. Using in vitro mixtures of sperm and seminal fluid from pairs of male crickets, we show that seminal fluid can affect the viability of sperm in this species. We found that males who invest greatly in the viability of their own sperm can enhance the viability of rival sperm, providing the opportunity for males to exploit the investments in sperm competition made by their rivals. Transitive effects of seminal fluids across the ejaculates of different males are expected to have important implications for the dynamics of male investments in sperm competition.
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