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Interference of chemical defence and sexual communication can shape the evolution of chemical signals

According to current evolutionary theory, insect pheromones can originate from extant precursor compounds being selected for information transfer. This is exemplified by females of the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina heterotoma whose defensive secretion consisting mainly of (−)-iridomyrmecin has evolved...

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Autores principales: Pfeiffer, Lisa, Ruther, Joachim, Hofferberth, John, Stökl, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5762818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18376-w