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Published on: June 22, 2014
Prostaglandins: Their role in egg-laying of the cricket Teleogryllus commodus
1Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.
Abstract:
Mating of the Teleogryllus commodus female causes increased oviposition mediated by PGE(2), which is synthesized in the female's spermatheca from the precursor, arachidonic acid, in the presence of a PG-synthesizing complex. The latter, together with sperm, is transferred from the male to the female via a spermatophore. Only nanogram quantities of PGE(2) injected into oviduct are necessary to simulate mating-induced egg release.
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