Male Sex Pheromone of the Parasitoid Wasp Urolepis rufipes Demonstrates Biosynthetic Switch Between Fatty Acid and Isoprenoid Metabolism Within the Nasonia Group

Male Sex Pheromone of the Parasitoid Wasp Urolepis rufipes Demonstrates Biosynthetic Switch Between Fatty Acid and Isoprenoid Metabolism Within the Nasonia Group

Sex pheromones play a crucial role in the mate finding process of insects. The information has to be encoded in a species specific manner to avoid fitness costs due to courtship by or even mismating with closely related species. Hence, sex pheromones normally diversify when new species evolve. Phero...

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Main Authors: Joachim Ruther, Tyler Wittman, Christopher Grimm, Florian S. Feichtner, Sonja Fleischmann, Josef Kiermaier, Bethia H. King, Werner Kremer, Hans Robert Kalbitzer, Stefan Schulz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
2,6-dimethyl-7-octene-1,6-diol
biosynthesis
mate finding
evolution
monoterpenoids
parasitoid
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00026/full

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