The Drosophila seminal proteome and its role in postcopulatory sexual selection

S Wigby, NC Brown, SE Allen… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Postcopulatory sexual selection (PCSS), comprised of sperm competition and cryptic female
choice, has emerged as a widespread evolutionary force among polyandrous animals …

Seminal fluid and accessory male investment in sperm competition

SA Ramm - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sperm production and allocation strategies have been a central concern of sperm
competition research for the past 50 years. But during the 'sexual cascade'there may be …

Chemical Cues that Guide Female Reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster

JC Billeter, MF Wolfner - Journal of chemical Ecology, 2018 - Springer
Chemicals released into the environment by food, predators and conspecifics play critical
roles in Drosophila reproduction. Females and males live in an environment full of smells …

Evolution of reproductive behavior

RRH Anholt, P O'Grady, MF Wolfner, ST Harbison - Genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Behaviors associated with reproduction are major contributors to the evolutionary success of
organisms and are subject to many evolutionary forces, including natural and sexual …

[HTML][HTML] A neural circuit encoding the experience of copulation in female Drosophila

L Shao, P Chung, A Wong, I Siwanowicz, CF Kent… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Female behavior changes profoundly after mating. In Drosophila, the mechanisms
underlying the long-term changes led by seminal products have been extensively studied …

Long-term interaction between Drosophila sperm and sex peptide is mediated by other seminal proteins that bind only transiently to sperm

A Singh, NA Buehner, H Lin, KJ Baranowski… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seminal fluid proteins elicit several post-mating physiological changes in mated Drosophila
melanogaster females. Some of these changes persist for over a week after mating because …

A mosquito sperm's journey from male ejaculate to egg: Mechanisms, molecules, and methods for exploration

EC Degner, LC Harrington - Molecular reproduction and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The fate of mosquito sperm in the female reproductive tract has been addressed
sporadically and incompletely, resulting in significant gaps in our understanding of sperm …

[HTML][HTML] SPSL1 is essential for spermatophore formation and sperm activation in Spodoptera frugiperda

L Qian, X Yang, X Xu, D Yang, C Zhu, M Yi, H Bi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The reproductive process in various species has undergone evolutionary adaptations at
both the physiological and molecular levels, playing a significant role in maintaining their …

The Drosophila accessory gland as a model for prostate cancer and other pathologies

C Wilson, A Leiblich, DCI Goberdhan… - Current topics in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The human prostate is a gland of the male reproductive tract, which together with the
seminal vesicles, is responsible for most seminal fluid production. It is a common site of …

Finishing the egg

C Berg, M Sieber, J Sun - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Gamete development is a fundamental process that is highly conserved from early
eukaryotes to mammals. As germ cells develop, they must coordinate a dynamic series of …