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Anti-aphrodisiac Compounds of Male Butterflies Increase the Risk of Egg Parasitoid Attack by Inducing Plant Synomone Production

During mating in many butterfly species, males transfer spermatophores that contain anti-aphrodisiacs to females that repel conspecific males. For example, males of the large cabbage white, Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), transfer the anti-aphrodisiac, benzyl cyanide (BC) to females. Acces...

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Autores principales: Fatouros, Nina E., Pashalidou, Foteini G., Aponte Cordero, Wilma V., van Loon, Joop J. A., Mumm, Roland, Dicke, Marcel, Hilker, Monika, Huigens, Martinus E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19949841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-009-9714-5