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Sperm mixing
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 May 2017 07:14:13 -0400
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Hi all
re: sperm mixing

> The combined results of Laidlaw & Page, Moritz, and Woyke suggest (a) sperm of different ejaculates does not mix to a great extent in the oviducts of queens; (b) queens pass the semen of the different ejaculates by the spermathecal duct at a fairly constant rate; and (c) the spermatozoa of different ejaculates mix within the spermatheca. 

Page, RE. "Sperm Utilization in Social Insects." Annu. Rev. Entomol. 1986.31:297-320

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