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ArticleFrontiers in insect science2026

Proteomic analysis of dimorphic sperm in the cabbage white butterfly,

Melissa Plakke, Katherine McLaughlin, Timothy L Karr, James R Walters

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Article in Frontiers in insect science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Melissa PlakkeDivision of Science, Mathematics, and Technology, Governors State University, University Park, IL, United States.
Katherine McLaughlinDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Timothy L KarrBiosciences Mass Spectrometry Core Research Facility, Knowledge Enterprise, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
James R WaltersDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.

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U of Kansas/Haskell Indian Nations U.IRACDA ProjectK12GM063651 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI DE GUZMAN, ROBERTO N · 2002 to 2022
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NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM063651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sperm dimorphism, the production of two distinct sperm morphs by a single male, is a widespread but enigmatic reproductive phenomenon. In Lepidoptera, fertilizing eupyrene sperm coexist with anucleate apyrene sperm, which cannot fertilize eggs but are nevertheless required for successful reproduction. Despite the prevalence and presumed adaptive significance of sperm dimorphism, the molecular basis of this trait remains limited. Here, we characterize the proteome of dimorphic sperm in the Cabbage White butterfly,

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PMID41958958
PMCPMC13060016

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