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Protein-specific manipulation of ejaculate composition in response to female mating status in Drosophila melanogaster

Female promiscuity can generate postcopulatory competition among males, but it also provides the opportunity for exploitation of rival male ejaculates. For example, in many insect species, male seminal fluid proteins (Sfps) transferred in a female's first mating stimulate increased fecundity an...

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Main Authors: Sirot, Laura K., Wolfner, Mariana F., Wigby, Stuart
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116428/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21628597
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1100905108
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