Male Age Influences Re-mating Incidence and Sperm Use in Females of the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti.

ABSTRACT: Diseases transmitted by female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are public health issues in countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. As in other insects, A. aegypti females undergo behavioral and physiological changes upon mating that principally act to facilitate the production of progeny. The primary effectors of A. aegypti female post-mating responses are male-derived seminal proteins that are transferred to females during mating. Increased male age reduces ejaculate function in numerous taxa and alters seminal protein composition in Drosophila melanogaster, but the impacts of male age on female A. aegypti post-mating responses are unknown. Here, we used "old" (21-22 days old) and "young" (4-5 days old) A. aegypti males to assess the influence of male

SUBMITTER: Agudelo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8329734 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature