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Egg Production Constrains Chemical Defenses in a Neotropical Arachnid

Female investment in large eggs increases the demand for fatty acids, which are allocated for yolk production. Since the biosynthetic pathway leading to fatty acids uses the same precursors used in the formation of polyketides, allocation trade-offs are expected to emerge. Therefore, egg production...

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Autores principales: Nazareth, Taís M., Machado, Glauco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26331946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134908