ArticleHeredity2012
The consequences of genetic variation in sex peptide expression levels for egg laying and retention in females.
Article in Heredity, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- A predominant role of genotypic variation in both expression of sperm competition genes and paternity success inProceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- The evolution of sex peptide: sexual conflict, cooperation, and coevolution.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Article
- ThePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- Seminal fluid and accessory male investment in sperm competition.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- Divergence in sex peptide-mediated female post-mating responses inProceedings. Biological sciences · 2018Article
- Roles of Female and Male Genotype in Post-Mating Responses in Drosophila melanogaster.The Journal of heredity · 2017Article
- Experimental evolution under hyper-promiscuity in Drosophila melanogaster.BMC evolutionary biology · 2016Article
- Effects of atrazine exposure on male reproductive performance in Drosophila melanogaster.Journal of insect physiology · 2015Article
- The seminal symphony: how to compose an ejaculate.Trends in ecology & evolution · 2013Article
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Abstract
The accessory gland proteins (Acps) that male Drosophila melanogaster produce and transfer to females during copulation are key to male and female fitness. One Acp, the sex peptide (SP), is largely responsible for a dramatic increase in female egg laying and decrease in female receptivity after copulation. While genetic variation in male SP expression levels correlate with refractory period duration in females, it is unknown whether male SP expression influences female egg laying or if any effect of SP is mediated by SP retention in the female reproductive tract. Here we measured the amount of SP retained in the female reproductive tract after mating and female egg laying after copulating with virgin males. We found no correlation between male SP expression levels and egg laying, or the amount of SP in the female reproductive tract after mating. Additionally, the amount of SP retained in the female did not influence egg laying. These finding suggests that additional factors, such as variation in other Acps, are important for the retention of SP in females and its quantitative effects on egg laying. It also shows that egg laying and refractory period response to SP is at least partially uncoupled.
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