Queen reproductive tract secretions enhance sperm motility in ants

Queens of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants store sperm of multiple males after a single mating flight, and never remate even though they may live for decades and lay tens of thousands of eggs. Sperm of different males are initially transferred to the bursa copulatrix and compete for access to the long-t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Liberti, Joanito, Baer, Boris, Boomsma, Jacobus J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0722

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0722

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