Discussion on another list,,,
Just pondering how leaving
a mating sign is in the
interest of the drone...
I assumed as many do that the
mating plug may give some advantage
to the drone in hindering subsequent
matings, but it appears the opposite
may be true.
How would leaving a mating sign
evolve, if it is not in the interest of
the drone?
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A Game Theoretical Analysis of the Mating
Sign Behavior in the Honey bee
Source:
http://www.uncg.edu/mat/bio-math/preprints/Wi09.pdf
"After copulation, drones leave
a mating sign in the genital opening
of the queen which has been shown to promote
additional mating of the queen"
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Source:
Proteomic analyses of male contributions to honey
bee sperm storage and mating
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847503/
"In contrast to many insects (Gillott, 2003) the
honey bee mating plug does not seem to negatively
affect the success of subsequent mates, and indeed
might actually aid this success (Koeniger, 1986)"
Best wishes
J Waggle
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