Postmating transcriptional changes in reproductive tracts of con- and heterospecifically-mated Drosophila mojavensis females

ABSTRACT: In internally fertilizing organisms, mating involves a series of highly coordinated molecular interactions between the sexes that occur within the female reproductive tract. In species with promiscuous mating systems, traits involved in postcopulatory interactions are expected to evolve rapidly, potentially leading to postmating-prezygotic (PMPZ) reproductive isolation between diverging populations. Here, we use a novel study design to investigate the postmating transcriptional response of Drosophila mojavensis female reproductive tracts following copulation with either conspecific or heterospecific (D. arizonae) males at three time points postmating. Relatively few genes (15 total) were transcriptionally regulated in the female lower reproductive tract in response to conspecific mating

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila mojavensis

SUBMITTER: Luciano Matzkin 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27454 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress