Chow et al., 2013 Large Neurological Component to Genetic Differences Underlying Biased Sperm Use in Drosophila [10.1534/genetics.112.146357][FBrf0220325]
Description
This study examines the female factors (and genes) that mediate sperm competition outcomes. Females were tested in double-mating trials, and the amount of progeny was accounted for, especially distinguishing progeny coming from the first vs the second mating (by eye color). One of the lines never engaged in a second mating. Further knockdown studies of three candidate genes (para, Rab2, and Rim) in sensory neurons indicate that sperm competition may be affected by the neural input innervating the female reproductive tract.
Comments from curator
Phenotyping data were extracted from Table S1 in genetics.112.146357-1 pdf file from the Supplementary data section
The provided data are summary data (means, sd, cv, ...) across multiple flies from the same DGRP line. The raw data per fly is not available, so we cannot reproduce Fig.1 or Fig. S1b for e.g.