Anti-aphrodisiac pheromone, a renewable signal in adult butterflies

The male butterfly Pieris napi produces the anti-aphrodisiac pheromone methyl salicylate (MeS) and transfers it to the female during mating. After mating she releases MeS, when courted by conspecific males, which decreases her attractiveness and the duration of male harassment, thus increasing her t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mozuraitis, Raimondas, Murtazina, Rushana, Zurita, Javier, Pei, Yuxin, Ilag, Leopold, Wiklund, Christer, Karlson, Anna Karin Borg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31582781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50838-1

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31582781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50838-1

Ejemplares similares