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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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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 |