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Specialized odorant receptors in social insects that detect cuticular hydrocarbon cues and candidate pheromones
Eusocial insects use cuticular hydrocarbons as components of pheromones that mediate social behaviours, such as caste and nestmate recognition, and regulation of reproduction. In ants such as Harpegnathos saltator, the queen produces a pheromone which suppresses the development of workers’ ovaries a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5561057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28819196 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00099-1 |