A male-specific odorant receptor conserved through the evolution of sex pheromones in Ostrinia moth species

<p>In many moths, mate-finding communication is mediated by the female sex pheromones. Since differentiation of sex pheromones is often associated with speciation, it is intriguing to know how the changes in female sex pheromone have been tracked by the pheromone recognition system of the male...

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Hovedforfatter: Nami Miura, Tatsuro Nakagawa, Sadahiro Tatsuki, Kazushige Touhara, Yukio Ishikawa
Format: Article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Ivyspring International Publisher 2009-01-01
Serier:International Journal of Biological Sciences
Online adgang:http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0319.htm