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SUBMITTER: Stockley P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7959524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stockley Paula P Franco Catarina C Claydon Amy J AJ Davidson Amanda A Hammond Dean E DE Brownridge Philip J PJ Hurst Jane L JL Beynon Robert J RJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20201019 44
Mating plugs are produced by many sexually reproducing animals and are hypothesized to promote male fertilization success under promiscuous mating. However, tests of this hypothesis have been constrained by an inability to discriminate ejaculates of different males in direct competition. Here, we use stable isotope labeling in vivo and proteomics to achieve this in a promiscuous rodent, <i>Myodes glareolus</i> We show that, although the first male's plug is usually dislodged, it can be retained ...[more]