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<blockquote data-quote="PhilinYuma" data-source="post: 122831" data-attributes="member: 2509"><p>Cold definitely causes sterility in D. melanogaster males, <em>but</em> they regain their fecundity some time after the temp returns to 21C <a href="http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&amp;cpsidt=13672882)" target="_blank">http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&amp;cpsidt=13672882)</a>. I do not know, though, whether the sterlile males stop mating or if they are just shooting blanks. If the latter, then it is very likely that the seminal fluid causes changes within the female's uterus that would prevent her from mating again. Tomorrow, I shall do a search on how cold affects the larvae. Meanwhile, maybe someone else knows a lot more about this than I and can tell us what's what.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PhilinYuma, post: 122831, member: 2509"] Cold definitely causes sterility in D. melanogaster males, [I]but[/I] they regain their fecundity some time after the temp returns to 21C [URL="http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13672882)"]http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13672882)[/URL]. I do not know, though, whether the sterlile males stop mating or if they are just shooting blanks. If the latter, then it is very likely that the seminal fluid causes changes within the female's uterus that would prevent her from mating again. Tomorrow, I shall do a search on how cold affects the larvae. Meanwhile, maybe someone else knows a lot more about this than I and can tell us what's what. [/QUOTE]
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