Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects

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Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects. / Den Boer, Susanne Petronella A; Baer, Boris; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.

I: Science, Bind 327, Nr. 5972, 2010, s. 1506-1509.

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Den Boer, SPA, Baer, B & Boomsma, JJ 2010, 'Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects', Science, bind 327, nr. 5972, s. 1506-1509. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1184709

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Den Boer, S. P. A., Baer, B., & Boomsma, J. J. (2010). Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects. Science, 327(5972), 1506-1509. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1184709

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Den Boer SPA, Baer B, Boomsma JJ. Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects. Science. 2010;327(5972):1506-1509. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1184709

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Den Boer, Susanne Petronella A ; Baer, Boris ; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan. / Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects. I: Science. 2010 ; Bind 327, Nr. 5972. s. 1506-1509.

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title = "Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects",
abstract = "Queens of ants and bees normally obtain a lifetime supply of sperm on a single day of sexual activity, and sperm competition is expected to occur in lineages where queens receive sperm from multiple males. We compared singly mated (monandrous) and multiply mated (polyandrous) sister groups of ants and bees and show that seminal fluid of polyandrous species has a more positive effect on the survival of a male's own sperm than on other males' sperm. This difference was not observed in the monandrous species, suggesting that incapacitation of competing sperm may have independently evolved in both bees and ants. In Atta leafcutter ants, the negative effect of the seminal fluid of other males was negated by secretion from the queen sperm-storage organ, suggesting that queens may control ejaculate competition after sperm storage. ",
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AU - Den Boer, Susanne Petronella A

AU - Baer, Boris

AU - Boomsma, Jacobus Jan

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N2 - Queens of ants and bees normally obtain a lifetime supply of sperm on a single day of sexual activity, and sperm competition is expected to occur in lineages where queens receive sperm from multiple males. We compared singly mated (monandrous) and multiply mated (polyandrous) sister groups of ants and bees and show that seminal fluid of polyandrous species has a more positive effect on the survival of a male's own sperm than on other males' sperm. This difference was not observed in the monandrous species, suggesting that incapacitation of competing sperm may have independently evolved in both bees and ants. In Atta leafcutter ants, the negative effect of the seminal fluid of other males was negated by secretion from the queen sperm-storage organ, suggesting that queens may control ejaculate competition after sperm storage.

AB - Queens of ants and bees normally obtain a lifetime supply of sperm on a single day of sexual activity, and sperm competition is expected to occur in lineages where queens receive sperm from multiple males. We compared singly mated (monandrous) and multiply mated (polyandrous) sister groups of ants and bees and show that seminal fluid of polyandrous species has a more positive effect on the survival of a male's own sperm than on other males' sperm. This difference was not observed in the monandrous species, suggesting that incapacitation of competing sperm may have independently evolved in both bees and ants. In Atta leafcutter ants, the negative effect of the seminal fluid of other males was negated by secretion from the queen sperm-storage organ, suggesting that queens may control ejaculate competition after sperm storage.

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DO - 10.1126/science.1184709

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