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Title: Genetic variation for resistance to high temperature stress of mature sperm - a study in Drosophila
Contributor(s): Bundgaard, Jorgen (author); Barker, J Stuart F  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2017
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173990Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21084
Abstract: Genetic variation for resistance to heat stress has been found for a number of life-history components in Drosophila species. For male and female fertility (or sterility), stress resistance of the parents is confounded with stress resistance of the haploid gametes. Many genes are known to influence male fertility in 'Drosophila melanogaster'. Some may carry temperature sensitive alleles that reduce fertility through effects on mature sperm when exposed to heat stress. In this study, sperm from each of 320 males were either not heat shocked (control) or exposed to a heat shock (36.9°C for 2 hours) either in the male testes or in the female reproductive tract. We did not detect any temperature sensitive sterility alleles. These results are relevant in relation to haploid gene expression and the findings of considerable amounts of mRNA in mature sperm, potentially important for sperm function and fertilization.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: PLoS One, 12(3), p. 1-9
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1932-6203
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060405 Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310505 Gene expression (incl. microarray and other genome-wide approaches)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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