---
_id: '3916'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Divergent reproductive interests of males and females often cause sexual conflict
    [1] and [2]. Males of many species manipulate females by transferring seminal
    fluids that boost female short-term fecundity while decreasing their life expectancy
    and future reproductivity [3] and [4]. The life history of ants, however, is expected
    to reduce sexual conflict; whereas most insect females show repeated phases of
    mating and reproduction, antqueens mate only during a short period early in life
    and undergo a lifelong commitment to their mates by storing sperm [5]. Furthermore,
    sexual offspring can only be reared after a sterile worker force has been built
    up [5]. Therefore, the males should also profit from a long female lifespan. In
    the antCardiocondyla obscurior, mating indeed has a positive effect on the lifetime
    reproductive success of queens. Queens that mated to either one fertile or one
    sterilized male lived considerably longer and started laying eggs earlier than
    virgin queens. Only queens that received viable sperm from fertile males showed
    increased fecundity. The lack of a trade-off between fecundity and longevity is
    unexpected, given evolutionary theories of aging [6]. Our data instead reveal
    the existence of sexual cooperation in ants.
author:
- first_name: Alexandra
  full_name: Schrempf, Alexandra
  last_name: Schrempf
- first_name: Jürgen
  full_name: Heinze, Jürgen
  last_name: Heinze
- first_name: Sylvia
  full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
  id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Cremer
  orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
citation:
  ama: 'Schrempf A, Heinze J, Cremer S. Sexual cooperation: mating increases longevity
    in ant queens. <i>Current Biology</i>. 2005;15(3):267-270. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036">10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036</a>'
  apa: 'Schrempf, A., Heinze, J., &#38; Cremer, S. (2005). Sexual cooperation: mating
    increases longevity in ant queens. <i>Current Biology</i>. Cell Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036</a>'
  chicago: 'Schrempf, Alexandra, Jürgen Heinze, and Sylvia Cremer. “Sexual Cooperation:
    Mating Increases Longevity in Ant Queens.” <i>Current Biology</i>. Cell Press,
    2005. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, and S. Cremer, “Sexual cooperation: mating increases
    longevity in ant queens,” <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 15, no. 3. Cell Press,
    pp. 267–270, 2005.'
  ista: 'Schrempf A, Heinze J, Cremer S. 2005. Sexual cooperation: mating increases
    longevity in ant queens. Current Biology. 15(3), 267–270.'
  mla: 'Schrempf, Alexandra, et al. “Sexual Cooperation: Mating Increases Longevity
    in Ant Queens.” <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 15, no. 3, Cell Press, 2005, pp.
    267–70, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036">10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036</a>.'
  short: A. Schrempf, J. Heinze, S. Cremer, Current Biology 15 (2005) 267–270.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:05:52Z
date_published: 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:53:10Z
day: '08'
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        15'
issue: '3'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '02'
oa_version: None
page: 267 - 270
publication: Current Biology
publication_status: published
publisher: Cell Press
publist_id: '2238'
status: public
title: 'Sexual cooperation: mating increases longevity in ant queens'
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 15
year: '2005'
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