Kim, Y-J, Lee, K-M and Elwyn Isaac, R
(2015)
Battle of the sexes over paternity.
BMB Reports, 48 (5).
241 - 242.
ISSN 1976-6696
Abstract
Reproductive behaviors have evolved through severe inter-sexual competition. We have recently described a behavior in post-mated female Drosophila melanogaster that controls ejaculate retention and sperm storage, and is a possible mechanism by which females who have mated with several partners can choose which sperm that is stored and used for fertilization. This behavior can also regulate exposure of the female to harmful effects of male SFP that are present in the ejaculate. Our study identified the neural pathway functioning in the female brain that regulates this behavior.
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Article
Authors/Creators:
Kim, Y-J
Lee, K-M
Elwyn Isaac, R
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:
ⓒ 2015 by the The Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords:
Cryptic female choice; Diuretic hormone 44; Drosophila melanogaster; Female reproductive behavior; Post copulatory sexual selection; Sperm ejection
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