Ejaculate deterioration with male age, and its amelioration in Drosophila
I. Sepil, B. R. Hopkins, R. Dean, E. Bath, S. Friedman, B. Swanson, H. J. Ostridge, N. A. Buehner, M. F. Wolfner, R. Konietzny, M.-L. Thezenas, E. Sandham, P. D. Charles, R. Fischer, J. Steinhauer, , S. Wigby
The paper shows ejaculate performance declines with male age in Drosophila due to sperm and seminal protein deterioration, but this decline can be ameliorated by targeting insulin-like peptide-producing cells.
bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology