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A nonspecific defensive compound evolves into a competition avoidance cue and a female sex pheromone

The evolution of chemical communication and the origin of pheromones are among the most challenging issues in chemical ecology. Current theory predicts that chemical communication can arise from compounds primarily evolved for non-communicative purposes but experimental evidence showing a gradual ev...

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Autores principales: Weiss, Ingmar, Rössler, Thomas, Hofferberth, John, Brummer, Michael, Ruther, Joachim, Stökl, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24231727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3767