کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8262517 1534839 2018 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The impact of ageing on male reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی سالمندی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The impact of ageing on male reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster
چکیده انگلیسی
Male reproductive ageing has been mainly explained by a reduction in sperm quality with negative effects on offspring development and quality. In addition to sperm, males transfer seminal fluid proteins (Sfps) at mating; Sfps are important determinants of male reproductive success. Receipt of Sfps leads to female post-mating changes including physiological changes, and affects sperm competition dynamics. Using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster we studied ageing males' ability to induce female post-mating responses and determined the consequences of male ageing on their reproductive success. We aged males for up to 7 weeks and assayed their ability to: i) gain a mating, ii) induce egg-laying and produce offspring, iii) prevent females from remating and iv) transfer sperm and elicit storage after a single mating. We found that with increasing age, males were less able to induce post-mating responses in their mates; moreover ageing had negative consequences for male success in competitive situations. Our findings indicate that with advancing age male flies transferred less effective ejaculates and that Sfp composition might change over a male's lifetime in quantity and/or quality, significantly affecting his reproductive success.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Experimental Gerontology - Volume 103, March 2018, Pages 1-10
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