News tagged with seminal fluid
Females shut down male-male sperm competition in leafcutter ants
Leafcutter ant queens can live for twenty years, fertilizing millions of eggs with sperm stored after a single day of sexual activity.
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Meddling in mosquitoes' sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria, says study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stopping male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a 'mating plug' could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, say scientists ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males
Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Male fruit flies change to gain reproductive edge
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to wooing females, males of all species -- even fruit flies -- try to gain a competitive edge.
Apr 14, 2009 |
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