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Female-Based Patterns and Social Function in Avian Chemical Communication
Much of the growing interest in avian chemical signals has focused on the role of kin recognition or mate attraction, often with an emphasis on...
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Juvenile vibratory experience affects adult mate preferences in a wolf spider
AbstractWhile members of the choosier sex often prefer courting mates with bright, large, or loud phenotypes, social experience can result in...
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Seminal fluid gene expression and reproductive fitness in Drosophila melanogaster
BackgroundThe rapid evolution of seminal fluid proteins (SFPs) has been suggested to be driven by adaptations to postcopulatory sexual selection...
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An agent-based model of the female rivalry hypothesis for concealed ovulation in humans
After half a century of debate and few empirical tests, there remains no consensus concerning why ovulation in human females is considered concealed....
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Maternal anxiety affects embryo implantation via impairing adrenergic receptor signaling in decidual cells
Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is defined as the failed pregnancy after good embryo transfer over 3 cycles during in vitro fertilization...
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Sperm-depleted males of the two-spotted spider mite can replenish sperm in a few hours
In many animals, males increase their reproductive success by mating with as many females as possible. The number of females a male can fertilize is...
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Hybrid Seed Production Technology
Hybrid technology, harnessing the advantage of heterosis between two diverse genotypes to achieve maximum hybrid vigour, is widely recognized and...
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Differential allocation in a gift-giving spider: males adjust their reproductive investment in response to female condition
BackgroundWhen males are selective, they can either reject low-quality females or adjust their reproductive investment in response to traits that...
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PBP genes regulated by the development of the ovaries, sex pheromone release, mating and oviposition behavior in Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée)
Mating and oviposition behavior can change the gene expression levels in insect antennae, especially for pheromone-binding protein (PBP) genes. In...
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Lessons from the study of plant mating systems for exploring the causes and consequences of inbreeding in marine invertebrates
Many benthic marine invertebrates resemble plants in being modular and either sessile or sedentary, and by relying on an external vector to disperse...
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An Analysis of Female Postcopulatory Behavior in Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila biarmipes
The fruit fly, Drosophila suzukii , is an invasive species that causes widespread crop damage in the United States. We examined a series of basic...
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Homogenous subpopulation of human mesenchymal stem cells and their extracellular vesicles restore function of endometrium in an experimental rat model of Asherman syndrome
BackgroundAsherman syndrome (AS), or intrauterine adhesions, is a main cause of infertility in reproductive age women after endometrial injury....
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Reproductive biology of an endangered lithophytic shrub and implications for its conservation
BackgroundPlants in cliff habitats may evolve specific reproductive strategies to cope with harsh environments, and unraveling these reproductive...
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Female northern grass lizards judge mates by body shape to reinforce local adaptation
BackgroundIdentifying the factors that contribute to divergence among populations in mate preferences is important for understanding of the manner in...
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Family first! Influence of parental investment in Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) prosocial choices
Literature often assumed that prosocial behaviours (behaviours that benefit others with or without a cost for the actor) would have evolved many...
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Male accessory gland depletion in a tephritid fly affects female fecundity independently of sperm depletion
AbstractProduction of female gametes is costly; however, there is now wide evidence across different taxa that male ejaculates are also limiting....
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Mate Discrimination of Colocasiomyia xenalocasiae and C. alocasiae (Diptera: Drosophilidae) as a Possible Factor Contributing to their Co-Existence on the Same Host Plant
Mate discrimination contributes to the co-existence of related species by reducing the risk of interspecific copulation. In pollination mutualistic...
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Vibrational Communication in Psyllids
Psyllids are small insects that can vector causal agents of serious plant diseases, such as greening in citrus and zebra chip disease in potatoes....
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Gene expression and alternative splicing dynamics are perturbed in female head transcriptomes following heterospecific copulation
BackgroundDespite the growing interest in the female side of copulatory interactions, the roles played by differential expression and alternative...
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Effects of Female Group Size on the Number of Males in Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) Groups
The number of males per group varies substantially in group-living primates, both between and within species. In blue monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis ),...
