ArticleBiology letters2014
Team swimming in ant spermatozoa.
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- The dealation pattern of independent and alate virgin females of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2025Article
- The ancient and helical architecture of Elasmobranchii's spermatozoa enables progressive motility in viscous environments.PloS one · 2025Article
- Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Modelling Motility: The Mathematics of Spermatozoa.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Collective dynamics of sperm cells.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- Methodological considerations for examining the relationship between sperm morphology and motility.Molecular reproduction and development · 2020Review
- Rival seminal fluid induces enhanced sperm motility in a polyandrous ant.BMC evolutionary biology · 2018Article
- Asymmetry within social groups: division of labour and intergroup competition.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2016Article
- Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with sperm aggregate quality inBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
In species where females mate promiscuously, competition between ejaculates from different males to fertilize the ova is an important selective force shaping many aspects of male reproductive traits, such as sperm number, sperm length and sperm-sperm interactions. In eusocial Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants), males die shortly after mating and their reproductive success is ultimately limited by the amount of sperm stored in the queen's spermatheca. Multiple mating by queens is expected to impose intense selective pressure on males to optimize the transfer of sperm to the storage organ. Here, we report a remarkable case of cooperation between spermatozoa in the desert ant Cataglyphis savignyi. Males ejaculate bundles of 50-100 spermatozoa. Sperm bundles swim on average 51% faster than solitary sperm cells. Team swimming is expected to increase the amount of sperm stored in the queen spermatheca and, ultimately, enhance male posthumous fitness.
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