Ommochrome Wing Pigments in the Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) use bright orange coloration to warn off predators as well as for sexual selection. Surprisingly the underlying pigment compounds have not been previously characterized. We used LCMS and fragmentation MS (including MSMS and MS(n)) of extracted pigments from non...

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Autores principales: Forman, Kyri A, Thulin, Craig D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36562324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieac076

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36562324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieac076

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