Prospects in Connecting Genetic Variation to Variation in Fertility in Male Bees

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Transcriptomic analysis of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen spermathecae reveals genes that may be involved in sperm storage after mating

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Harmonic radar tracking reveals that honeybee drones navigate between multiple aerial leks

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The sperm of Apis mellifera siciliana and Apis mellifera ligustica: A preliminary and comparative note

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Diet quantity influences caste determination in honeybees ( Apis mellifera )

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Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators

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The Importance of Males to Bumble Bee (Bombus Species) Nest Development and Colony Viability

(2020) Joseph E. Belsky et al.   Insects

Sperm Quality Assessment in Honey Bee Drones

(2020) Jesús L. Yániz et al.   Biology-Basel

The Drosophila seminal proteome and its role in postcopulatory sexual selection

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Protein-Level Interactions as Mediators of Sexual Conflict in Ants

(2019) Ryan Dosselli et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Putative Drone Copulation Factors Regulating Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Reproduction and Health: A Review

(2019) Laura Brutscher et al.   Insects

Reproductive Senescence in Drones of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

(2019) Bradley Metz et al.   Insects

Sperm-Leucylaminopeptidases are required for male fertility as structural components of mitochondrial paracrystalline material in Drosophila melanogaster sperm

(2019) Barbara Laurinyecz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Flight activity of honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones

(2019) Maritza Reyes et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Factors affecting the reproductive health of honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones—a review

(2019) Juliana Rangel et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Seminal fluid compromises visual perception in honeybee queens reducing their survival during additional mating flights

(2019) Joanito Liberti et al.   eLife

Genetic Factors Influencing Sperm Competition

(2019) Alberto Civetta et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Sperm competition in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.): the role of body size dimorphism in drones

(2019) H. Vasfi Gençer et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Incubation of human sperm with micelles made from glycerophospholipid mixtures increases sperm motility and resistance to oxidative stress

(2018) Gonzalo Ferreira et al.   PLoS One

Transcriptome characterization of male accessory glands in ants to identify molecules involved in their reproductive success

(2017) A. Gotoh et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Retention of Core Meiotic Genes Across Diverse Hymenoptera

(2017) Eric S Tvedte et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

The insect spermatheca: an overview

(2017) Tales V. Pascini et al.   ZOOLOGY

Insights into the molecular basis of long-term storage and survival of sperm in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

(2017) Ellen Paynter et al.   Scientific Reports

Honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) drones survive oxidative stress due to increased tolerance instead of avoidance or repair of oxidative damage

(2016) Hongmei Li-Byarlay et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Optimizing Drone Fertility With Spring Nutritional Supplements to Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies

(2016) Andrée Rousseau et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Infections with the Sexually Transmitted Pathogen Nosema apis Trigger an Immune Response in the Seminal Fluid of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2016) Julia Grassl et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Neonicotinoid insecticides can serve as inadvertent insect contraceptives

(2016) Lars Straub et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Unlocking sperm chromatin at fertilization requires a dedicated egg thioredoxin in Drosophila

(2016) Samantha Tirmarche et al.   Nature Communications

The genetic basis and fitness consequences of sperm midpiece size in deer mice

(2016) Heidi S. Fisher et al.   Nature Communications

Drone exposure to the systemic insecticide Fipronil indirectly impairs queen reproductive potential

(2016) Guillaume Kairo et al.   Scientific Reports

Sperm use economy of honeybee (Apis mellifera) queens

(2016) Boris Baer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Colony Failure Linked to Low Sperm Viability in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queens and an Exploration of Potential Causative Factors

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Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) drone sperm quality in relation to age, genetic line, and time of breeding

(2015) Andrée Rousseau et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

The boule gene is essential for spermatogenesis of haploid insect male

(2015) Kazuki Sekiné et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Characterisation of the Manduca sexta sperm proteome: Genetic novelty underlying sperm composition in Lepidoptera

(2015) Emma Whittington et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The ejaculatory biology of leafcutter ants

(2015) Susanne P.A. den Boer et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Insights Into the Proteome of the Spermatheca of the Leaf-Cutting AntAtta sexdens rubropilosa(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Quality of honeybee drones reared in colonies with limited and unlimited access to pollen

(2014) Krystyna Czekońska et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment

(2014) Justyna Mierziak et al.   MOLECULES

Impact of Chronic Neonicotinoid Exposure on Honeybee Colony Performance and Queen Supersedure

(2014) Christoph Sandrock et al.   PLoS One

Seminal vesicle protein SVS2 is required for sperm survival in the uterus

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Observation of the Mating Behavior of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Queens Using Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID): Factors Influencing the Duration and Frequency of Nuptial Flights

(2014) Ina Heidinger et al.   Insects

Semen quality of honey bee drones maintained from emergence to sexual maturity under laboratory, semi-field and field conditions

(2013) Faten Ben Abdelkader et al.   APIDOLOGIE

When every sperm counts: factors affecting male fertility in the honeybee Apis mellifera

(2013) M. Sturup et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

POSTCOPULATORY SEXUAL SELECTION INCREASES ATP CONTENT IN RODENT SPERMATOZOA

(2013) Maximiliano Tourmente et al.   EVOLUTION

Protease activation and the signal transduction pathway regulating motility in sperm from the water strider Aquarius remigis

(2012) Haruhiko Miyata et al.   Cytoskeleton

Large Neurological Component to Genetic Differences Underlying Biased Sperm Use in Drosophila

(2012) C. Y. Chow et al.   GENETICS

Identification of the sperm-activating factor initiatorin, a prostatic endopeptidase of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

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Sperm and seminal fluid proteomes of the field cricketTeleogryllus oceanicus: identification of novel proteins transferred to females at mating

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Sperm wars and the evolution of male fertility

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Expansion and functional diversification of a leucyl aminopeptidase family that encodes the major protein constituents of Drosophila sperm

(2011) Steve Dorus et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The viability of sperm in lateral oviducts and spermathecae of instrumentally inseminated and naturally mated honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens

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Stored sperm differs from ejaculated sperm by proteome alterations associated with energy metabolism in the honeybee Apis mellifera

(2011) VERONICA POLAND et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A Honey Bee Hexamerin, HEX 70a, Is Likely to Play an Intranuclear Role in Developing and Mature Ovarioles and Testioles

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Towards a Semen Proteome of the Dengue Vector Mosquito: Protein Identification and Potential Functions

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Insect Seminal Fluid Proteins: Identification and Function

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Effects of age, season and genetics on semen and sperm production in Apis mellifera drones

(2010) John W. Rhodes et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Inventory and phylogenomic distribution of meiotic genes inNasonia vitripennisand among diverse arthropods

(2010) A. M. Schurko et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Drosophila melanogaster sperm proteome-II (DmSP-II)

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Seminal Fluid Mediates Ejaculate Competition in Social Insects

(2010) S. P. A. den Boer et al.   SCIENCE

Some reproductive characteristics of honeybee drones in relation to their ages

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Bacteriolytic Activity in the Ejaculate of an Insect

(2009) Oliver Otti et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Monthly changes in various drone characteristics ofApis mellifera ligusticaandApis mellifera syriaca

(2009) Shahera ZAITOUN et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Honey bee males and queens use glandular secretions to enhance sperm viability before and after storage

(2009) Susanne P.A. den Boer et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Control of the Postmating Behavioral Switch in Drosophila Females by Internal Sensory Neurons

(2009) Chung-hui Yang et al.   NEURON

Ejaculate components delay reproductive senescence while elevating female reproductive rate in an insect

(2009) K. Reinhardt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acp36DE is required for uterine conformational changes in mated Drosophila females

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A network of interactions among seminal proteins underlies the long-term postmating response in Drosophila

(2009) K. R. Ram et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The seminal fluid proteome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

(2009) Boris Baer et al.   PROTEOMICS

Insights into female sperm storage from the spermathecal fluid proteome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

(2009) Boris Baer et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Seminal fluid enhances sperm viability in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica

(2008) Susanne P. A. den Boer et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee queen (Apis mellifera)

(2008) Sarah D Kocher et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline

(2008) Nicola Gallai et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Drosophila melanogasterseminal fluid can protect the sperm of other males

(2008) Luke Holman   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Characteristics of the spermathecal contents of old and young honeybee queens

(2008) H. Al-Lawati et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Heritability in the genomics era — concepts and misconceptions

(2008) Peter M. Visscher et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Molecular and cellular components of the mating machinery in Anopheles gambiae females

(2008) D. W. Rogers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite

(2008) Tommaso Pizzari et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Decline and Conservation of Bumble Bees

(2007) D. Goulson et al.   Annual Review of Entomology