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Variations on a theme: diversification of cuticular hydrocarbons in a clade of cactophilic Drosophila

BACKGROUND: We characterized variation and chemical composition of epicuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) in the seven species of the Drosophila buzzatii cluster with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Despite the critical role of CHCs in providing resistance to desiccation and involvement in communica...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Cássia C de, Manfrin, Maura H, Sene, Fábio de M, Jackson, Larry L, Etges, William J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21699713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-179