Science news articles about 'sperm storage'

... reproduction, including reduced ovulation, reduced sperm storage and increased re-mating attempts by the females. "To the best of our knowledge, this was the first study to look ...

... Symonova of Charles University in Prague. "These cavities are sperm storage receptacles. They only occur in ostracods whose females retain giant spermatozoa within their bodies ...

... has found that female crickets are able to control the amount of sperm that they store from each mate to select the best ...

... has found that female crickets are able to control the amount of sperm that they store from each mate to select the best ... . The research suggests females may be using their abdominal muscles to control the amount of sperm stored from each mate ...

... is correctly retained in the female's sperm storage organ, from where she can fertilise eggs over the course of her lifetime. Without the mating ...

... competition with glandular secretions in their sperm-storage organ. "Two things appear to be going on here," explains Jacobus Boomsma, professor ...

... out that they are constantly on the move within the female's specialized sperm-storage organs and exhibit surprisingly complex behavior." Pitnick says his team has created similar ...

... birth five years after mating, according to a new paper that describes this longest known instance of sperm storage, outside of insects, in the animal kingdom ...