Insect Seminal Fluid Proteins: Identification and Function
By F. Avila, L. Sirot, Brooke A Laflamme, Rubinstein Cd, M. Wolfner. Annual Review of Entomology, 2011
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Seminal fluid proteins (SFPs) produced in reproductive tract tissues of male insects and transferred to females during mating induce numerous physiological and behavioral post-mating changes in females. These changes include decreasing receptivity to re-mating, affecting sperm storage parameters, increasing egg production, modulating sperm competition, feeding behaviors, and mating plug formation. In addition, SFPs also have anti-microbial functions and induce expression of anti-microbial peptides in at least some insects. Here, we review recent identification of insect SFPs and discuss the multiple roles these proteins play in the post-mating processes of female insects.
Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science
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- The Evolution of Animal Nuptial Gifts (2012, background): “Many of these reproductive proteins have been identified and demonstrated to alter female reproduction by stimulating ovulation and oviposition, increasing sperm storage, and lengthening females’ latency to remate (Avila et al., 2011; Wolfner, 2009).”