Pheromone Autodetection: Evidence and Implications

Pheromone Autodetection: Evidence and Implications

Olfactory communication research with insects utilizing sex pheromones has focused on the effects of pheromones on signal receivers. Early pheromone detection studies using the silkworm moth, Bombyx mori L., and Saturniids led to the assumption that emitters, especially females, are unable to detect...

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Main Authors: Robert Holdcraft, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Lukasz L. Stelinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
pheromone autodetection
anosmia
electroantennogram
single-sensillum recording
pheromone-binding-protein
intra-sexual communication
plume competition
mating disruption
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/7/2/17

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