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Identification of a self-regulatory pheromone system that controls nymph aggregation behavior of rice spittlebug Callitettix versicolor

BACKGROUND: Nymphs of many spittlebug species are known to aggregate in one spittle mass, a behavior which greatly benefits the survival of the developing nymphs. Little is known, however, about the precise mechanisms that induce and regulate aggregation. Here, we investigated the aggregation behavi...

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Autores principales: Chen, Xu, Liang, Ai-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25987889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-015-0102-4

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