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Key biosynthetic gene subfamily recruited for pheromone production prior to the extensive radiation of Lepidoptera
BACKGROUND: Moths have evolved highly successful mating systems, relying on species-specific mixtures of sex pheromone components for long-distance mate communication. Acyl-CoA desaturases are key enzymes in the biosynthesis of these compounds and to a large extent they account for the great diversi...
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18831750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-270 |