supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFD0300702);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(China)(KJYQ201902,KJJQ201803).
In addition to sperm,some accessory substances transferred to females during copulation act as nuptial gifts by passing on valuable nutrients in many insect species.The nutritional status of the males can thus have a ...
In butterflies, male reproductive success is highly related to the quality and the size of the spermatophore transferred to the female. The spermatophore is a capsule produced by the male during copulation, which in m...
supported by a grant from Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad(CTM2014-54648-C2-2-R);MIR.LP benefited from predoctoral fellowship from the Universitat de Girona(BR2014).
The crucial step of most of the current genetic studies is the extraction of DNA of sufficient quantity and quality.Several genomic DNA isolation methods have been described to successfully obtain male DNA from shrimp...
supported financially by Grand Innovating Program of Agriculture Applying Technique in Shandong Province (No. 2008-109);Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System in Shandong Province and the Science and Technology Development Program of Yantai (No. 2013 ZH088)
Black rockfish(Sebastes schlegeli) is an important species for culture; however, its reproductive characteristics have not been fully documented. In this study, we investigated the morphology and developmental process...