{"title":"Venerose: a nuptial gift with implications.","authors":"Deepanshu N D Singh, Matthias Soller","doi":"10.1080/01677063.2025.2473095","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Males transfer many components in seminal fluid along with sperm during mating. While sex peptide is well established as a key regulator of female reproductive behaviour and success, the roles of other seminal fluid components remain less understood. A new <i>Drosophila</i> study now reveals functions for a sexually transmitted sugar in providing nutritional value and acting on nutrient-sensing neurons in the brain to maximize reproductive success. Here, we highlight the key findings of this study and explore the potential role of this sugar in male quality assessment by females and in modulation of cryptic female choice.</p>","PeriodicalId":16491,"journal":{"name":"Journal of neurogenetics","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11996059/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of neurogenetics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01677063.2025.2473095","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/3/6 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GENETICS & HEREDITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Males transfer many components in seminal fluid along with sperm during mating. While sex peptide is well established as a key regulator of female reproductive behaviour and success, the roles of other seminal fluid components remain less understood. A new Drosophila study now reveals functions for a sexually transmitted sugar in providing nutritional value and acting on nutrient-sensing neurons in the brain to maximize reproductive success. Here, we highlight the key findings of this study and explore the potential role of this sugar in male quality assessment by females and in modulation of cryptic female choice.
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The Journal is appropriate for papers on behavioral, biochemical, or cellular aspects of neural function, plasticity, aging or disease. In addition to analyses in the traditional genetic-model organisms, C. elegans, Drosophila, mouse and the zebrafish, the Journal encourages submission of neurogenetic investigations performed in organisms not easily amenable to experimental genetics. Such investigations might, for instance, describe behavioral differences deriving from genetic variation within a species, or report human disease studies that provide exceptional insights into biological mechanisms
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