spermatophylaxes

A form of spermatophylax — A nutritive bolus ejected by some male insects during copulation

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noun
  1. pluralplural of spermatophylax

    To facilitate protein identification, we coupled proteomics analysis to the transcriptome sequencing of male accessory glands, the tissue producing spermatophylaxes in male G.

    2015 October 7, “What’s in the Gift? Towards a Molecular Dissection of Nuptial Feeding in a Cricket”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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