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Prostaglandin E2 receptor Ptger4b regulates female-specific peptidergic neurons and female sexual receptivity in medaka
In vertebrates, female receptivity to male courtship is highly dependent on ovarian secretion of estrogens and prostaglandins. We recently identified...
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Timing matters: female receptivity and mate choice in the zebrafish (Danio rerio)
AbstractFemale choice has been documented in many animal taxa, and how we test it has been refined through years of studies on the topic. However,...
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Does female control and male mating system predict courtship investment and mating outcomes? A comparative study in five widow spider species (genus Latrodectus) tested under similar laboratory conditions
BackgroundMale courtship investment may evolve in response to the male’s expectation of future mating opportunities or the degree of female control...
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Seasonal shift in diet affects female reproductive anatomy but not mating behavior
Females experience considerable environmental variability when breeding seasons are long. Adverse nutritional conditions can result in a reduction in...
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Sexual receptivity of females on Neotropical scorpion Tityus pusillus Pocock, 1893 in response to male reproductive advances
Due to the high reproductive investment, females are the decisive sex when making decisions about whether or not to reproduce. Generally, female...
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Mating Systems
Males and females have evolved a particular set of tactics and strategies, or mating systems, to find and successfully inseminate or be inseminated...
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METTL3-dependent m6A methylation facilitates uterine receptivity and female fertility via balancing estrogen and progesterone signaling
Infertility is a worldwide reproductive health problem and there are still many unknown etiologies of infertility. In recent years, increasing...
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The endometrial transcriptome transition preceding receptivity to embryo implantation in mice
BackgroundReceptivity of the uterus is essential for embryo implantation and progression of mammalian pregnancy. Acquisition of receptivity involves...
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Why bonobos show a high reproductive skew towards high-ranking males: analyses for association and mating patterns concerning female sexual states
Among non-human primates, male dominance rank is not necessarily a good indicator of mating success, and relationships between male dominance rank...
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Physical, behavioral, and hormonal changes in the resumption of sexual receptivity during postpartum infertility in female bonobos at Wamba
The operational sex ratio (OSR) is used as a predictor for the intensity of mating competition. While many factors affect the OSR, there tends to be...
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Transcriptional programs are activated and microRNAs are repressed within minutes after mating in the Drosophila melanogaster female reproductive tract
BackgroundThe female reproductive tract is exposed directly to the male’s ejaculate, making it a hotspot for mating-induced responses. In Drosophila...
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Mating Behaviour
In sexually reproducing animals, reproduction entails insemination (the transfer of the male’s sperm to the female) and fertilisation (the fusion of...
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Drone Perspectives on Cetacean Mating and Sex
Mating and sociosexual behaviors of cetaceans are challenging to study in nature because most species spend only brief periods of time at the surface...
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Sex Steroid Regulation of Male- and Female-Typical Mating Behaviors in Teleost Fish
Males and females exhibit innate sex-specific mating behaviors, which are established developmentally. In mammals and birds, phenotypic sex...
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Decoupling of female phonotaxis and mating propensity in a tree cricket
AbstractIn species where males use long-distance acoustic signals for mate attraction, male mating success is typically attributed to...
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Persistence of a highly monoandrous mating system despite an extremely male-biased operational sex ratio in the firefly squid Watasenia scintillans
Unlike most cephalopods, the firefly squid Watasenia scintillans is highly monoandrous. We investigated this unusual phenomenon by considering the...
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Functional transcriptome analyses of Drosophila suzukii midgut reveal mating-dependent reproductive plasticity in females
BackgroundInsect females undergo a huge transition in energy homeostasis after mating to compensate for nutrient investment during reproduction. To...
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Fight outcome influences male mating success in Drosophila prolongata
The outcomes of preceding fights can influence the probability of winning a subsequent fight, known as the winner/loser effect. However, we know...
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Mating alters the food choices of adult ladybird beetle (Propylea dissecta mulsant)
Mating alters nutritional and energetic needs which result in behavioural and physiological changes related to reproduction. But little is known as...
