Article
A role for Acp29AB, a predicted seminal fluid lectin, in female sperm storage in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Oct 2008
Wong Alex, Albright Shannon N, Giebel Jonathan D, Ram K Ravi, Ji Shuqing, Fiumera Anthony C, Wolfner Mariana F
Abstract excerpt
Females of many animal species store sperm for taxon-specific periods of time, ranging from a few hours to years. Female sperm storage has important reproductive and evolutionary consequences, yet relatively little is known of its molecular basis. Here, we report the isolation of a loss-of-function mutation of the Drosophila melanogaster Acp29AB gene, which encodes a seminal fluid protein that is transferred from...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Peptides
- Phenotype
- Semen
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Spermatozoa