Differential use of stored sperm during oviposition in the damselfly Calopteryx splendens xanthostoma (Charpentier) |
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Authors: | M. T. Siva-Jothy Rowan E. Hooper |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2UQ, UK, GB;(2) Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onagawa, Tsukuba 305, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | Female Calopteryx splendens xanthostoma (Charpentier) (Odonata), have two discrete sperm storage organs, the bursa copulatrix and the paired spermathecae. We used the Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA(RAPD) profiling technique to determine from which sperm storage organ spermatozoa were used to fertilise eggs during behaviourally distinct oviposition bouts. During oviposition bouts following remating sperm from the bursa copulatrix are largely used to fertilise eggs, but when females avoid remating before an oviposition bout the sperm used to fertilise eggs are derived mainly from the paired spermathecae. Our observations suggest that female C. s. xanthostoma can avoid male paternity assurance mechanisms by a combination of behavioural and anatomical adaptation: the reason(s) they do so is unclear. Received: 28 November 1995/Accepted after revision: 5 August 1996 |
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Keywords: | Sperm competition Female choice Random amplified polymorphic DNA Sperm storage organs Calopteryx splendens xanthostoma |
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