Severe Fertility Effects of sheepish Sperm Caused by Failure To Enter Female Sperm Storage Organs in Drosophila melanogaster

Severe Fertility Effects of sheepish Sperm Caused by Failure To Enter Female Sperm Storage Organs in Drosophila melanogaster

In Drosophila, mature sperm are transferred from males to females during copulation, stored in the sperm storage organs of females, and then utilized for fertilization. Here, we report a gene named sheepish (shps) of Drosophila melanogaster that is essential for sperm storage in females. shps mutant...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Tomaru, Takashi Ohsako, Masahide Watanabe, Naoto Juni, Hiroshi Matsubayashi, Hiromi Sato, Ayako Takahashi, Masa-Toshi Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018-01-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Subjects:
Drosophila
male sterility
sperm storage
sperm motion
flavin-containing amine oxidase
Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.117.300171

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