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Comparison of reproductive traits of regular and irradiated male desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae): Evidence of last-male sperm precedence
| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Severin, Dushimirimana Hance, Thierry Damiens, David |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | The sterile insect technique (SIT) is increasingly used to control pest insect populations. The success of SIT control programs depends on the ability to release sterile males and on the capacity of sterile males to compete with wild males to inseminate wild females. In this study, we evaluated the mating performance of Schistocerca gregaria (Försk.) males irradiated with 4 Gray. We compared reproductive traits, such as duration of precopulation time, mating duration, quantity of sperm stored by females after copulation, number of females mated successively and postmating competition of irradiated males with non-irradiated males. Irradiated males were able to mate but the resulting number of offspring was dramatically reduced compared to the average number of offspring observed during a regular mating. During a single copulation, irradiated males transferred fewer sperm than regular males but, theoretically, this quantity is enough to fertilize all the eggs produced by a female during its reproductive life. Irradiated males also had the ability to remove sperm from a previous mating with unirraditated males. This new information on the mating strategies helps explain the post-copulation guarding behaviour of S. gregaria. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.2012323 |
| Ending Page | 236 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 232 |
| File Format | |
| ISSN | 20466390 |
| e-ISSN | 20466390 |
| Journal | Biology Open |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Company of Biologists |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | The Company of Biologists |
| Subject Keyword | Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
