Males of the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) use accessory gland substances to inhibit remating by females

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1538-1542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chihiro Himuro ◽  
Kenji Fujisaki
Keyword(s):  
Accessory Gland ◽  
Togo Hemipterus

Offsetting Effects of Wolbachia Infection and Heat Shock on Sperm Production inDrosophila simulans: Analyses of Fecundity, Fertility and Accessory Gland Proteins

Genetics ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 155 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda R Snook ◽  
Sophia Y Cleland ◽  
Mariana F Wolfner ◽  
Timothy L Karr
Keyword(s):  
Heat Shock ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Reproductive Factors ◽  
Male Gamete ◽  
Wolbachia Infection ◽  
Accessory Gland ◽  
Sperm Production ◽  
Accessory Gland Proteins ◽  
Mating Conditions

AbstractInfection in Drosophila simulans with the endocellular symbiont Wolbachia pipientis results in egg lethality caused by failure to properly initiate diploid development (cytoplasmic incompatibility, CI). The relationship between Wolbachia infection and reproductive factors influencing male fitness has not been well examined. Here we compare infected and uninfected strains of D. simulans for (1) sperm production, (2) male fertility, and (3) the transfer and processing of two accessory gland proteins, Acp26Aa or Acp36De. Infected males produced significantly fewer sperm cysts than uninfected males over the first 10 days of adult life, and infected males, under varied mating conditions, had lower fertility compared to uninfected males. This fertility effect was due to neither differences between infected and uninfected males in the transfer and subsequent processing of accessory gland proteins by females nor to the presence of Wolbachia in mature sperm. We found that heat shock, which is known to decrease CI expression, increases sperm production to a greater extent in infected compared to uninfected males, suggesting a possible link between sperm production and heat shock. Given these results, the roles Wolbachia and heat shock play in mediating male gamete production may be important parameters for understanding the dynamics of infection in natural populations.

Autogeny in saltmarsh mosquitoes induced by a substance from the male accessory gland

Nature ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 267 (5609) ◽  
pp. 342-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE F. O'MEARA ◽  
DAVID G. EVANS
Keyword(s):  
Accessory Gland ◽  
Male Accessory Gland

Biochemical variants in the study of multiple insemination in Culex pipiens L. (Diptera, Culicidae)

1976 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Bullini ◽  
M. Coluzzi ◽  
A. P. Bianchi Bullini
Keyword(s):  
Latent Period ◽  
Culex Pipiens ◽  
Accessory Gland ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Mating Plug

AbstractA new approach to the study of multiple insemination in mosquitoes or other organisms involving the use of electrophoretic enzyme variants is described. Data obtained on Culex pipiens L. with this technique confirm the basic monogamy of the species and suggest that multiple insemination may occur almost exclusively within 48 h after the first mating. Two independent mechanisms are probably acting in preventing multiple insemination. The first, probably the formation of a mucoid mating plug during the first copulation, allows the fertilisation of a further 10% of eggs by the second male in double inseminations; the second, the accessory gland pheromone (matrone), after an initial latent period, totally prevents a second insemination for the duration of the mosquito's life.

scholarly journals Ultrasound aspects of symptomatic versus asymptomatic forms of male accessory gland inflammation

Andrology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro La Vignera ◽  
Andrea Crafa ◽  
Rosita A. Condorelli ◽  
Federica Barbagallo ◽  
Laura M. Mongioì ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Accessory Gland ◽  
Male Accessory Gland

scholarly journals Effect of Male Accessory Gland Products on Egg Laying in Gastropod Molluscs

10.3791/51698 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sander van Iersel ◽  
Elferra M. Swart ◽  
Yumi Nakadera ◽  
Nico M. van Straalen ◽  
Joris M. Koene
Keyword(s):  
Accessory Gland ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Male Accessory Gland

scholarly journals Male accessory gland molecules inhibit harmonic convergence in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. R196-R197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garrett P. League ◽  
Lindsay L. Baxter ◽  
Mariana F. Wolfner ◽  
Laura C. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Accessory Gland ◽  
Male Accessory Gland ◽  
Harmonic Convergence
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