Yániz Jesús L, Silvestre Miguel A, Santolaria Pilar
BIOFITER Research Group, Higher Polytechnic School of Huesca, Institute of Environmental Sciences of Aragón (IUCA), University of Zaragoza, 22004 Zaragoza, Spain.
Department of Cellular Biology, Functional Biology and Physical Anthropology, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
Biology (Basel). 2020 Jul 18;9(7):174. doi: 10.3390/biology9070174.
The quality of honey bee drone semen is relevant in different contexts, ranging from colony productivity to pathology, toxicology and biodiversity preservation. Despite its importance, considerably less knowledge is available on this subject for the honey bee when compared to other domestic animal species. A proper assessment of sperm quality requires a multiple testing approach which discriminates between the different aspects of sperm integrity and functionality. Most studies on drone semen quality have only assessed a few parameters, such as sperm volume, sperm concentration and/or sperm plasma membrane integrity. Although more recent studies have focused on a broader variety of aspects of semen quality, some techniques currently used in vertebrates, such as computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) or multiparametric sperm quality testing, still remain to be developed in the honey bee. This may be attributed to the particular sperm morphology and physiology in this species, requiring the development of technologies specifically adapted to it. This article reviews the present knowledge of sperm quality in honey bee drones, highlighting its peculiarities and proposing future lines of research.
从蜂群生产力到病理学、毒理学及生物多样性保护等不同方面，蜜蜂雄蜂精液的质量都具有相关性。尽管其很重要，但与其他家畜物种相比，关于蜜蜂这一主题的知识却少得多。对精子质量进行恰当评估需要采用多种测试方法，以区分精子完整性和功能性的不同方面。大多数关于雄蜂精液质量的研究仅评估了几个参数，如精液体积、精子浓度和/或精子质膜完整性。尽管最近的研究已聚焦于精液质量更广泛的方面，但目前在脊椎动物中使用的一些技术，如计算机辅助精子分析（CASA）或多参数精子质量检测，在蜜蜂中仍有待开发。这可能归因于该物种特殊的精子形态和生理特征，需要开发专门适用于它的技术。本文综述了目前关于蜜蜂雄蜂精子质量的知识，突出其特点并提出未来的研究方向。
