Literature DB >> 17812454

Male contribution to egg production in butterflies: evidence for transfer of nutrients at mating.

C L Boggs, L E Gilbert.   

Abstract

Radiotracer studies on three butterfly species showed that nutrients contributed by males through mating are used by females for egg production and possibly for somatic maintenance.

Year:  1979        PMID： 17812454     DOI： 10.1126/science.206.4414.83

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Science        ISSN： 0036-8075            Impact factor:   47.728


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1.  Nuptial gifts and the use of body resources for reproduction in the green-veined white butterfly Pieris napi.

Authors:  F Stjernholm; B Karlsson
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2000-04-22       Impact factor: 5.349

2.  Paternal investment directly affects female reproductive effort in an insect.

Authors:  N Wedell; B Karlsson
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2003-10-07       Impact factor: 5.349

3.  Mating frequency influences nectar amino acid preference of Pieris napi.

Authors:  Jovanne Mevi-Schütz; Andreas Erhardt
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2004-01-22       Impact factor: 5.349

4.  Chemical basis of courtship in a beetle (Neopyrochroa flabellata): Cantharidin as "nuptial gift".

Authors:  T Eisner; S R Smedley; D K Young; M Eisner; B Roach; J Meinwald
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  1996-06-25       Impact factor: 11.205

5.  Enhancing offspring quality or quantity? Different ways for using nectar amino acids in female butterflies.

Authors:  Fabian Cahenzli; Andreas Erhardt
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  2012-01-24       Impact factor: 3.225

6.  Larval food limitation in butterflies: effects on adult resource allocation and fitness.

Authors:  Carol L Boggs; Kimberly D Freeman
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  2005-09-16       Impact factor: 3.225

7.  Sex pheromone activity in a single component of tergal gland extract ofLutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Jacobina, Northeastern Brazil.

Authors:  J G Hamilton; M J Dougherty; R D Ward
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1994-01       Impact factor: 2.626

8.  Sodium: a male moth's gift to its offspring.

Authors:  S R Smedley; T Eisner
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  1996-01-23       Impact factor: 11.205

9.  Adult diet affects lifespan and reproduction of the fruit-feeding butterfly Charaxes fulvescens.

Authors:  Freerk Molleman; Jimin Ding; Jane-Ling Wang; Bas J Zwaan; James R Carey; Paul M Brakefield
Journal:  Entomol Exp Appl       Date:  2008-10-01       Impact factor: 2.250

10.  Procurement of exogenous ammonia by the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polytes, for protein biosynthesis and sperm production.

Authors:  Keiichi Honda; Hiroyuki Takase; Hisashi Ômura; Hiroshi Honda
Journal:  Naturwissenschaften       Date:  2012-07-28
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