ArticleScientific reports2020
Injection of seminal fluid into the hemocoel of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) can stimulate post-mating changes.
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- On the Role of Seminal Fluid Protein and Nucleic Acid Content in Paternal Epigenetic Inheritance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Comparative studies of genomic and epigenetic factors influencing transcriptional variation in two insect species.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
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- Seminal fluid proteins induce transcriptome changes in the Aedes aegypti female lower reproductive tract.BMC genomics · 2021Article
- Factors Influencing the Reproductive Ability of Male Bees: Current Knowledge and Further Directions.Insects · 2021Review
- Mating Stimulates the Immune Response and Sperm Storage-Related Genes Expression in Spermathecae of Bumblebee (Frontiers in genetics · 2021Article
- The neuroecology of insect-plant interactions: the importance of physiological state and sensory integration.Current opinion in insect science · 2020Review
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Abstract
Honey bee queens undergo dramatic behavioral (e.g., reduced sexual receptivity), physiological (e.g., ovary activation, ovulation, and modulation of pheromone production) and transcriptional changes after they complete mating. To elucidate how queen post-mating changes are influenced by seminal fluid, the non-spermatozoa-containing component of semen, we injected queens with semen or seminal fluid alone. We assessed queen sexual receptivity (as measured by likelihood to take mating flights), ovary activation, worker retinue response (which is influenced by queen pheromone production), and transcriptional changes in queen abdominal fat body and brain tissues. Injection with either seminal fluid or semen resulted in decreased sexual receptivity, increased attractiveness of queens to workers, and altered expression of several genes that are also regulated by natural mating in queens. The post-mating and transcriptional changes of queens receiving seminal fluid were not significantly different from queens injected with semen, suggesting that components in seminal fluid, such as seminal fluid proteins, are largely responsible for stimulating post-mating changes in queens.
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