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Insect Seminal Fluid Proteins: Identification and Function by Avila, Frank W, Sirot, Laura K, LaFlamme, Brooke A, Rubinstein, C. Dustin, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…Seminal fluid proteins (SFPs) produced in reproductive tract tissues of male insects and transferred to females during mating induce numerous physiological and…”
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Integrated 3D view of postmating responses by the Drosophila melanogaster female reproductive tract, obtained by micro-computed tomography scanning by Mattei, Alexandra L, Mark L. Riccio, Frank W. Avila, Mariana F. Wolfner

“…Physiological changes in females during and after mating are triggered by seminal fluid components in conjunction with female-derived molecules. In insects,…”
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Characterization of the reproductive tract bacterial microbiota of virgin, mated, and blood-fed Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus females by Díaz, Sebastián, Camargo, Carolina, Avila, Frank W

“…Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are vectors of numerous arboviruses that adversely affect human health. In mosquito vectors of disease, the bacterial…”
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Male Age Influences Re-mating Incidence and Sperm Use in Females of the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti by Agudelo, Juliana, Alfonso-Parra, Catalina, Avila, Frank W.

“…Diseases transmitted by female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are public health issues in countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. As in other insects, A. aegypti…”
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Mating-Induced Transcriptome Changes in the Reproductive Tract of Female Aedes aegypti by Alfonso-Parra, Catalina, Ahmed-Braimah, Yasir H, Degner, Ethan C, Avila, Frank W, Villarreal, Susan M, Pleiss, Jeffrey A, Wolfner, Mariana F, Harrington, Laura C

“…The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a significant public health threat, as it is the main vector of dengue and chikungunya viruses. Disease control efforts could be…”
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Induction of excessive endoplasmic reticulum stress in the Drosophila male accessory gland results in infertility by Chow, Clement Y, Avila, Frank W, Clark, Andrew G, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress occurs when misfolded proteins accumulate in the lumen of the ER. A cell responds to ER stress with the unfolded protein…”
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Acp36DE is required for uterine conformational changes in mated Drosophila females by Avila, Frank W, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…In a multitude of animals with internal fertilization, including insects and mammals, sperm are stored within a female's reproductive tract after mating…”
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Seminal fluid proteins induce transcriptome changes in the Aedes aegypti female lower reproductive tract by Amaro, I Alexandra, Ahmed-Braimah, Yasir H, League, Garrett P, Pitcher, Sylvie A, Avila, Frank W, Cruz, Priscilla C, Harrington, Laura C, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…Mating induces behavioral and physiological changes in the arbovirus vector Aedes aegypti, including stimulation of egg development and oviposition, increased…”
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Precopulatory acoustic interactions of the New World malaria vector Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) by Pantoja-Sánchez, Hoover, Gomez, Sebastián, Velez, Viviana, Avila, Frank W, Alfonso-Parra, Catalina

“…Anopheles albimanus is a malaria vector in Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean. Although a public health threat, An. albimanus…”
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Sex peptide receptor is required for the release of stored sperm by mated Drosophila melanogaster females by Avila, Frank W., Mattei, Alexandra L., Wolfner, Mariana F.

“…[Display omitted] •Drosophila SP is a seminal peptide that regulates release of sperm stored by females.•SPR is a receptor known to mediate other effects of SP…”
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Sex peptide is required for the efficient release of stored sperm in mated Drosophila females by Avila, Frank W, Ravi Ram, K, Bloch Qazi, Margaret C, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…The Drosophila seminal fluid protein (SFP) sex peptide (SP) elicits numerous post-mating responses, including increased egg laying and decreased sexual…”
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Retention of Ejaculate by Drosophila melanogaster Females Requires the Male-Derived Mating Plug Protein PEBme by Avila, Frank W, Cohen, Allie B, Ameerudeen, Fatima S, Duneau, David, Suresh, Shruthi, Mattei, Alexandra L, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…Within the mated reproductive tracts of females of many taxa, seminal fluid proteins (SFPs) coagulate into a structure known as the mating plug (MP). MPs have…”
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The impact of mating and sugar feeding on blood-feeding physiology and behavior in the arbovirus vector mosquito Aedes aegypti by League, Garrett P, Degner, Ethan C, Pitcher, Sylvie A, Hafezi, Yassi, Tennant, Erica, Cruz, Priscilla C, Krishnan, Raksha S, Garcia Castillo, Stefano S, Alfonso-Parra, Catalina, Avila, Frank W, Wolfner, Mariana F, Harrington, Laura C

“…Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are globally distributed vectors of viruses that impact the health of hundreds of millions of people annually. Mating and blood…”
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A Drosophila protease cascade member, seminal metalloprotease-1, is activated stepwise by male factors and requires female factors for full activity by Laflamme, Brooke A, Avila, Frank W, Michalski, Kevin, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…Females and males of sexually reproducing animals must cooperate at the molecular and cellular level for fertilization to succeed, even though some aspects of…”
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Spatial and temporal population dynamics of male and female Aedes albopictus at a local scale in Medellín, Colombia by Camargo, Carolina, Alfonso-Parra, Catalina, Díaz, Sebastián, Rincon, Diego F, Ramírez-Sánchez, Luis Felipe, Agudelo, Juliana, Barrientos, Luisa M, Villa-Arias, Sara, Avila, Frank W

“…Abstract Background Diseases transmitted by invasive Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are public health issues in the tropics and subtropics…”
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wMel Wolbachia alters female post-mating behaviors and physiology in the dengue vector mosquito Aedes aegypti by Osorio, Jessica, Villa-Arias, Sara, Camargo, Carolina, Ramírez-Sánchez, Luis Felipe, Barrientos, Luisa María, Bedoya, Carolina, Rúa-Uribe, Guillermo, Dorus, Steve, Alfonso-Parra, Catalina, Avila, Frank W.

“…Globally invasive Aedes aegypti disseminate numerous arboviruses that impact human health. One promising method to control Ae. aegypti populations is…”
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Molecular characterization and evolution of a gene family encoding both female- and male-specific reproductive proteins in Drosophila by Sirot, Laura K, Findlay, Geoffrey D, Sitnik, Jessica L, Frasheri, Dorina, Avila, Frank W, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…Gene duplication is an important mechanism for the evolution of new reproductive proteins. However, in most cases, each resulting paralog continues to function…”
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Identification and Removal of Potential Contaminants in 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Data Sets from Low-Microbial-Biomass Samples: an Example from Mosquito Tissues by Díaz, Sebastián, Escobar, Juan S, Avila, Frank W

“…The bacterial microbiota of the mosquito influences numerous physiological processes of the host. As low-microbial-biomass ecosystems, mosquito tissues are…”
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requirement for the neuromodulators octopamine and tyramine in Drosophila melanogaster female sperm storage by Avila, Frank W, Bloch Qazi, Margaret C, Rubinstein, C. Dustin, Wolfner, Mariana F

“…Female sperm storage is common among organisms with internal fertilization. It is important for extended fertility and, in cases of multiple mating, for sperm…”
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Molecular Responses to the Zika Virus in Mosquitoes by Alfonso-Parra, Catalina, Avila, Frank W

“…The Zika virus (ZIKV), originally discovered in 1947, did not become a major concern until the virus swept across the Pacific and into the Americas in the last…”
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