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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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| 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 |