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Protein feeding mediates sex pheromone biosynthesis in an insect

Protein feeding is critical for male reproductive success in many insect species. However, how protein affects the reproduction remains largely unknown. Using Bactrocera dorsalis as the study model, we investigated how protein feeding regulated sex pheromone synthesis. We show that protein ingestion...

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Autores principales: Gui, Shiyu, Yuval, Boaz, Engl, Tobias, Lu, Yongyue, Cheng, Daifeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36656757
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83469