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SUBMITTER: Cohen AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5962419 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May - Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cohen Allie B AB Wolfner Mariana F MF
Journal of insect physiology 20180407
The ejaculatory bulb of Drosophila melanogaster males produces proteins and pheromones that play important roles in reproduction. This tissue is also the final mixing site for the ejaculate before transfer to the female. The ejaculatory bulb's dynamics remain largely unstudied. By microscopy of the ejaculatory bulb in maturing adult males, we observed that the ejaculatory bulb expands in size as males age. Moreover, we document that when males mate, their ejaculatory bulb expands further as ejac ...[more]