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Hybrid floral scent novelty drives pollinator shift in sexually deceptive orchids

BACKGROUND: Sexually deceptive orchids of the genus Ophrys attract their pollinators, male insects, on a highly specific basis through the emission of odour blends that mimic the female sex pheromone of the targeted species. In this study, we have investigated a contact site between Ophrys arachniti...

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Autores principales: Vereecken, Nicolas J, Cozzolino, Salvatore, Schiestl, Florian P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2875231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-103