Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus

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Autor(a) principal: de Souza, André Rodrigues
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Folly, Camila, Dias, Glenda, dos Santos, Eduardo Fernando [UNESP], Lino-Neto, José
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/228517
Resumo: Intraspecific variation in sperm morphometric is widespread across animal taxa and it might be related to different aspects of sexual selection. Within social insects, it has only been documented for some bee and ant species. Here we provided a detailed description of the variation in sperm morphometric in the paper wasp Polistes simillimus Zikan (Hymenoptera Vespidae). Light microscopy, digital photography and digital analyses were used to measure sperm (total length, head and flagellum length). Considering a single population from which we sampled four colonies, seven males of each colony and 30 sperm cells of each male (total 840 cells), the overall dimensions of P. simillimus spermatozoon is: total length 107 ± 7 (80-129) μm, coefficient of variation, CV = 8%; flagellum length 91 ± 7 (62-114) μm, CV = 7%; head length 16 ± 2 (9-30) μm, CV = 9%. We found that variation in the sperm constituent parts (head and flagellum) contribute to explaining the variation in total sperm length. However, the size of these parts varies independently. Besides, sperm total length and flagellum length differed between males, but not between nestmates and between colonies, while variation in sperm head was similar across all these levels of analyses. Finally, sperm morphometric is not associated with male body size. We discussed implications of our results for the study of sperm morphometric in insects, sampling procedures for estimating species-typical sperm size in social insects and the possibility of variation in male sperm quality in social wasps.
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spelling Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimusPaper waspsSampling procedureSperm qualitySperm size evolutionVariation in sperm lengthIntraspecific variation in sperm morphometric is widespread across animal taxa and it might be related to different aspects of sexual selection. Within social insects, it has only been documented for some bee and ant species. Here we provided a detailed description of the variation in sperm morphometric in the paper wasp Polistes simillimus Zikan (Hymenoptera Vespidae). Light microscopy, digital photography and digital analyses were used to measure sperm (total length, head and flagellum length). Considering a single population from which we sampled four colonies, seven males of each colony and 30 sperm cells of each male (total 840 cells), the overall dimensions of P. simillimus spermatozoon is: total length 107 ± 7 (80-129) μm, coefficient of variation, CV = 8%; flagellum length 91 ± 7 (62-114) μm, CV = 7%; head length 16 ± 2 (9-30) μm, CV = 9%. We found that variation in the sperm constituent parts (head and flagellum) contribute to explaining the variation in total sperm length. However, the size of these parts varies independently. Besides, sperm total length and flagellum length differed between males, but not between nestmates and between colonies, while variation in sperm head was similar across all these levels of analyses. Finally, sperm morphometric is not associated with male body size. We discussed implications of our results for the study of sperm morphometric in insects, sampling procedures for estimating species-typical sperm size in social insects and the possibility of variation in male sperm quality in social wasps.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Departamento de Biologia Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São PauloDepartamento de Biologia Geral Universidade Federal de ViçosaDepartamento de Zoologia e Botânica Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”FAPESP: 2015/05302-0Universidade de São Paulo (USP)Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)de Souza, André RodriguesFolly, CamilaDias, Glendados Santos, Eduardo Fernando [UNESP]Lino-Neto, José2022-04-29T08:27:14Z2022-04-29T08:27:14Z2018-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article51-56Bulletin of Insectology, v. 71, n. 1, p. 51-56, 2018.1721-8861http://hdl.handle.net/11449/2285172-s2.0-85042849496Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengBulletin of Insectologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-04-29T08:27:14Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/228517Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-06T00:01:02.044648Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
title Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
spellingShingle Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
de Souza, André Rodrigues
Paper wasps
Sampling procedure
Sperm quality
Sperm size evolution
Variation in sperm length
title_short Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
title_full Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
title_fullStr Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
title_full_unstemmed Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
title_sort Sperm morphometric in males of the paper wasp polistes simillimus
author de Souza, André Rodrigues
author_facet de Souza, André Rodrigues
Folly, Camila
Dias, Glenda
dos Santos, Eduardo Fernando [UNESP]
Lino-Neto, José
author_role author
author2 Folly, Camila
Dias, Glenda
dos Santos, Eduardo Fernando [UNESP]
Lino-Neto, José
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv de Souza, André Rodrigues
Folly, Camila
Dias, Glenda
dos Santos, Eduardo Fernando [UNESP]
Lino-Neto, José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Paper wasps
Sampling procedure
Sperm quality
Sperm size evolution
Variation in sperm length
topic Paper wasps
Sampling procedure
Sperm quality
Sperm size evolution
Variation in sperm length
description Intraspecific variation in sperm morphometric is widespread across animal taxa and it might be related to different aspects of sexual selection. Within social insects, it has only been documented for some bee and ant species. Here we provided a detailed description of the variation in sperm morphometric in the paper wasp Polistes simillimus Zikan (Hymenoptera Vespidae). Light microscopy, digital photography and digital analyses were used to measure sperm (total length, head and flagellum length). Considering a single population from which we sampled four colonies, seven males of each colony and 30 sperm cells of each male (total 840 cells), the overall dimensions of P. simillimus spermatozoon is: total length 107 ± 7 (80-129) μm, coefficient of variation, CV = 8%; flagellum length 91 ± 7 (62-114) μm, CV = 7%; head length 16 ± 2 (9-30) μm, CV = 9%. We found that variation in the sperm constituent parts (head and flagellum) contribute to explaining the variation in total sperm length. However, the size of these parts varies independently. Besides, sperm total length and flagellum length differed between males, but not between nestmates and between colonies, while variation in sperm head was similar across all these levels of analyses. Finally, sperm morphometric is not associated with male body size. We discussed implications of our results for the study of sperm morphometric in insects, sampling procedures for estimating species-typical sperm size in social insects and the possibility of variation in male sperm quality in social wasps.
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