A genome-wide analysis in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes reveals 46 male accessory gland genes, possible modulators of female behavior
- T. Dottorini, L. Nicolaides, H. Ranson, D. W. Rogers, A. Crisanti, F. Catteruccia
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 9 October 2007
The male accessory glands (MAGs) of many insect species produce and secrete a number of reproductive proteins collectively named Acps. These proteins, many of which are rapidly evolving, are…
Transglutaminase-Mediated Semen Coagulation Controls Sperm Storage in the Malaria Mosquito
- D. W. Rogers, Francesco Baldini, F. Catteruccia
- MedicinePLoS Biology
- 1 December 2009
The mating plug is a key regulator of mosquito fertility and is involved in the selection andagy of sexually transmitted diseases such as malaria and West Nile virus.
Determinants of paternity in the garden snail Helix aspersa
- D. W. Rogers, R. Chase
- BiologyBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 1 September 2002
A novel mechanism is proposed to explain the detected pattern of sperm utilization in helicid snails, which was more pronounced in the clutches of smaller recipients when the recipient was hit by the penultimate donor.
Variation in preference for a male ornament is positively associated with female eyespan in the stalk-eyed fly Diasemopsis meigenii
- S. Cotton, D. W. Rogers, Jennifer Small, A. Pomiankowski, Kevin Fowler
- Psychology, BiologyProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 8 February 2006
Individual mate preferences were investigated using repeated sequential sampling of female rejection or acceptance responses to a wide range of male ornament phenotypes and preference was positively associated with female eyespan, a condition-dependent trait putatively linked to visual acuity.
Molecular and cellular components of the mating machinery in Anopheles gambiae females
- D. W. Rogers, M. Whitten, J. Thailayil, Julien Soichot, E. Levashina, F. Catteruccia
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 9 December 2008
The results identify genes and mechanisms regulating the reproductive biology of A. gambiae females, highlighting considerable differences with Drosophila melanogaster and inform vector control strategies and reveal promising targets for the manipulation of fertility in field populations of these important disease vectors.
Dart receipt promotes sperm storage in the garden snail Helix aspersa
- D. W. Rogers, R. Chase
- BiologyBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 1 July 2001
Testing the effect of dart receipt on the number of sperm stored by once-mated snails, Helix aspersa, suggests a role for dart-shooting in post-copulatory sexual selection.
Mating-induced reduction in accessory reproductive organ size in the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni
- D. W. Rogers, T. Chapman, Kevin Fowler, A. Pomiankowski
- Biology, MedicineBMC Evolutionary Biology
- 9 June 2005
These results reveal that the time course of accessory gland recovery corresponds to field observations of mating behaviour and suggest that accessory gland size may limit male mating frequency in C. dalmanni.
Male sexual ornament size is positively associated with reproductive morphology and enhanced fertility in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni
- D. W. Rogers, M. Denniff, T. Chapman, Kevin Fowler, A. Pomiankowski
- BiologyBMC Evolutionary Biology
- 18 August 2008
Male eyespan in stalk-eyed flies is subject to strong directional mate preference and is a reliable indicator of male reproductive quality – both because males with larger eyespan have bigger accessory glands and testes, and also as they confer higher fertility on females.
Male genes: X-pelled or X-cluded?
- D. W. Rogers, M. Carr, A. Pomiankowski
- BiologyBioessays
- 1 August 2003
Two recent studies by Parisi et al. and Ranz et al., catalogue sex differences in gene expression across the whole genome of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Both report striking associations…
Origins of multicellular evolvability in snowflake yeast
- W. Ratcliff, J. Fankhauser, D. W. Rogers, D. Greig, M. Travisano
- BiologyNature Communications
- 20 January 2015
It is demonstrated that simple microev evolutionary changes can have profound macroevolutionary consequences, and it is suggested that the formation of clonally developing clusters may often be the first step to multicellularity.
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