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The Homeodomain Protein Defective Proventriculus Is Essential for Male Accessory Gland Development to Enhance Fecundity in Drosophila 1 1 1 2 3,4 Ryunosuke Minami , Miyuki Wakabayashi , Seiko Sugimori , Kiichiro Taniguchi , Akihiko Kokuryo , 3,4 2,3,4 5 1 Takao Imano , Takashi Adachi-Yamada , Naoko Watanabe , Hideki Nakagoshi * 1 Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, 2 Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan, 3 Institute of Biomolecular Science, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan, 4 Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, 5 Department of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Funabashi, Japan Abstract The Drosophila male accessory gland has functions similar to those of the mammalian prostate gland and the seminal vesicle, and secretes accessory gland proteins into the seminal fluid. Each of the two lobes of the accessory gland is composed of two types of binucleate cell: about 1,000 main cells and 40 secondary cells. A well-known accessory gland protein, sex peptide, is secreted from the main cells and induces female postmating response to increase progeny production, whereas little is known about physiological significance of the secondary cells. The homeodomain transcriptional repressor Defective proventriculus (Dve) is strongly expressed in adult secon