Dynamics of sperm storage in the grasshopperEyprepocnemis plorans
作者:
M. D. LÓPEZ‐LEÓN,
M. C. PARDO,
J. CABRERO,
J. P. M. CAMACHO,
期刊:
Physiological Entomology
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 1
页码: 46-50
ISSN:0307-6962
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1994.tb01072.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Sperm storage duration;multiple mating;clutch size;grasshopper;Eyprepocnemis plorans
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Abstract.Sperm storage duration in the grasshopperEyprepocnemis ploransCharpentier (Orthoptera, Acrididae) was found to be 58.5 days but with a wide between‐female variation (from 26 to 113 days). One copulation was enough to fertilize two to eight egg‐pods and to produce 130 eggs (28–313) and 119 embryos (28–290), on average. Sperm availability, however, decreased progressively with time, so that the majority of females spent a long final period of their lives without laying any pod. Finally, sperm storage duration was positively correlated with clutch size and total production of eggs and
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