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Oh, the places they’ll go: Female sperm storage and sperm precedence in Drosophila melanogaster

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Schnakenberg, Sandra L., Siegal, Mark L., Bloch Qazi, Margaret C.·2012·Spermatogenesis
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Among most animals with internal fertilization, females store sperm in specific regions of their reproductive tract for later use. Sperm storage enables prolonged fertility, physical and temporal separation of mating from fertilization and, when females mate with multiple males, opportunities for differential use of the various males' sperm. Thus, stored sperm move within the female reproductive tract as well as to several potential fates - fertilization, displacement by other sperm or ejection by the female. Drosophila melanogaster is a leading model system for elucidating both the mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of female sperm storage and differential male fertilization success. The prominence of Drosophila is due, in part, to the ability to examine processes influencing sperm movement and fate at several biological levels, from molecules to organ systems. In this review, we describe male and female factors, as well as their interactions, involved in female sperm storage and differential male fertilization success.

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  • Last-male sperm precedence may arise not just from males removing or displacing rivals' sperm, but if the female herself digests/ejects sperm from her genital tract prior to a subsequent mating.

    “Last-­ male sperm precedence may arise-not just males remove or displace their rivals' sperm-but if the female herself digests/ ejects sperm from her genital tract prior to a subsequent mating (Luck et  al.  2007; Schnakenberg et  al.  2012).”

    From Beyond the Black Box: Reproductive Strategies of the Black Soldier Fly as a Model for Bridging Evolutionary Biology and Applied Entomology (2026) · cites this paper as Schnakenberg et al. 2012

    The sections “Female influences on sperm precedence, cryptic female choice” and “Storage of multiple ejaculates” describe female sperm dumping as a possible contributor to sperm precedence, alongside male-driven displacement. But the reported dumping is triggered by a second mating, not shown to occur before it, and the cited passages do not establish that females digest the sperm. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Schnakenberg, S. L., Siegal, M. L., & Bloch Qazi, M. C.
Affiliations
New York University (US)
ORCID
Siegal, Mark L.
Venue
Spermatogenesis
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2012-07
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
224-235
ISSN
  • 2156-5554 (ISSN-L)
  • 2156-5562
DOI
10.4161/spmg.21655
PMC
PMC3469444
OpenAlex
W2051980238
Cited by
76
References
155
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FWCI
5.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Spermatogenesis (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Gustavus Adolphus College
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Keywords
female sperm storage, Drosophila melanogaster, female reproductive tract, sperm displacement, sperm ejection, multiple mating, female fertility, sperm competition

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