seminal fluid
A substance formed from the secretion of one or more glands of the male genital tract in which sperm cells are suspended. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: seminal plasma
Term info
- EMAPA:36543
- CALOHA:TS-0918
- MIAA:0000057
- BTO:0001232
- FMA:62967
- MAT:0000057
- MA:0002523
This term covers a variety of species. Example: In D. melanogaster, seminal fluid proteins affect female receptivity, ovulation, oogenesis, sperm storage, sperm competition and mating plug formation
seminal fluid may have a role in sperm capacitation, sperm motility
this ontology contains a number of subtypes of seminal fluid, defined according to glands (which are more taxonomically restricted), we follow FMA and make this class a generic superclass of the secretions of different glands (prostate, bulbo-urethreal, seminal vesicle). MA (and ncit) follows a mixture model, where these secretions are part of the seminal fluid
seminal fluid, male genital secretion, male genital fluid
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uberon
UBERON:0006530
Seminal fluid
Term relations
- secretion of exocrine gland and part of some semen and produced_by some male reproductive gland