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. 2013 Apr 16;2:e00415. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00415

Figure 4. Female reproductive tract secretory cells mediate ovulation and sperm storage.

(A)–(C) Relationship between secretory cell (SC) number and egg laying rate (A); percent ovulation (B); or percent copulation (C). Pooled data from genotypes in Table 1. Female reproductive tracts (D and E) and spermathecae (yellow circles in D and E; shown at higher magnification: D' and E') from normal females (dpr5Gal4 alone) (D) or females lacking SCs (dpr5Gal4>hntRNAi) (E) 6 hr after mating to males whose sperm nuclei are marked with protB-GFP (green). Seminal receptacle (white arrow). (F) Relationship between secretory cell number and the percentage of spermathecae with >5 sperm. Pooled data from genotypes in Table 1.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00415.007

Figure 4.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1. The expression pattern of the dpr5Gal4 line in spermathecae at 26 hr (using UAS-GFPnls), 39 hr APF (using UAS-GFP) and in the adult female lower reproductive tract (using UAS-GFP).

Figure 4—figure supplement 1.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00415.008
Figure 4—figure supplement 2. Lineage-marked progeny of dpr5+ cells (green) in the female reproductive tract, showing labeling of SC cells.

Figure 4—figure supplement 2.

Spermathecae (yellow arrowheads); parovaria (magenta arrows).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00415.009