000095525 001__ 95525 000095525 005__ 20230914083253.0 000095525 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/biology9070174 000095525 0248_ $$2sideral$$a119594 000095525 037__ $$aART-2020-119594 000095525 041__ $$aeng 000095525 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5316-1703$$aYániz, Jesús L.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000095525 245__ $$aSperm quality assessment in honey bee drones 000095525 260__ $$c2020 000095525 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000095525 5203_ $$aThe 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. 000095525 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/A07-17R$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/AGL2017-85030--R 000095525 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000095525 590__ $$a5.079$$b2020 000095525 591__ $$aBIOLOGY$$b16 / 93 = 0.172$$c2020$$dQ1$$eT1 000095525 592__ $$a1.731$$b2020 000095525 593__ $$aBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)$$c2020$$dQ1 000095525 593__ $$aAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)$$c2020$$dQ1 000095525 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/review$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000095525 700__ $$aSilvestre, Miguel A. 000095525 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8991-325X$$aSantolaria, Pilar$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000095525 7102_ $$12008$$2700$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Produc.Animal Cienc.Ali.$$cÁrea Producción Animal 000095525 773__ $$g9, 7 (2020), 174 [16 pp.]$$tBiology$$x2079-7737 000095525 8564_ $$s647530$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/95525/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000095525 8564_ $$s499770$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/95525/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000095525 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:95525$$particulos$$pdriver 000095525 951__ $$a2023-09-13-10:51:21 000095525 980__ $$aARTICLE