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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Seminal fluid

• semen

• epididymal lumen

• seminal fluid secreting gland