Immunogenic males: a genome-wide analysis of reproduction and the cost of mating in Drosophila melanogaster females

ABSTRACT: In Drosophila melanogaster, mating radically transforms female physiology and behavior. Post-mating responses include an increase in the oviposition rate, a reduction in female receptivity, and an activation of the immune system . The fitness consequences of mating are similarly dramatic – females must mate once in order to produce fertile eggs, but additional matings have a clear negative effect. Previously, microarrays have been used to examine gene expression of females differing in their reproductive status with the aim of identifying genes influenced by mating. However, since only virgin and single mated females were compared, transcriptional changes associated with reproduction (under natural selection) and the effects of male-induced harm (under sexually antagonistic selection) cann

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Paolo Innocenti 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12834 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress