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den Boer, Susanne P. A.; Baer, Boris; Boomsma, Jacobus, 2025, "Supporting Data for: Seminal fluid enhances sperm viability in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica", https://doi.org/10.60612/DATADK/UNIANS, DeiC Dataverse, V1
The seminal fluid that accompanies sperm in ejaculates has been shown or suggested to affect sperm competition and paternity success of insects by preventing female remating, inducing oviposition, and forming mating plugs. In Atta leafcutter ants, queens have multiple mates but never remate later in life, although they may live and produce fertiliz... |
