Roles of Female and Male Genotype in Post-Mating Responses in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: Mating induces a multitude of changes in female behavior, physiology, and gene expression. Interactions between female and male genotype lead to variation in post-mating phenotypes and reproductive success. So far, few female molecules responsible for these interactions have been identified. Here, we used Drosophila melanogaster from 5 geographically dispersed populations to investigate such female × male genotypic interactions at the female transcriptomic and phenotypic levels. Females from each line were singly-mated to males from the same 5 lines, for a total of 25 combinations. Reproductive output and refractoriness to re-mating were assayed in females from the 25 mating combinations. Female × male genotypic interactions resulted in significant differences in these post-mating phenotyp

SUBMITTER: Delbare SYN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5892397 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature