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Assuring paternity in a promiscuous world: are there lessons for ticks among the insects?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2005

W. R. KAUFMAN
W. R. KAUFMAN
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9
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Abstract

In this article I begin with a few current ideas on some physiological factors that influence mating choice in insects. Emphasis is placed on those proteins produced by the male reproductive accessory glands which increase female fecundity and reduce her receptivity to subsequent males. Strategies used by late-arriving males to favour their paternity are also mentioned. With a number of insect models as background, I then review what is currently known about several male factors in ticks (a capacitation factor, a male factor, an engorgement factor and a vitellogenesis stimulating factor) and suggest where we might focus our experimental activities in the future.

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Tick and insect reproductionfecundity enhancing substancesreceptivity inhibiting substancessperm competitionmale accessory gland proteinssperm precedence
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 129 , Issue S1 , October 2004 , pp. S145 - S160
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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