A closer look at sex pheromone autodetection in the Oriental fruit moth

Abstract Female moths emit sex pheromone to attracts males, and although they are not attracted to their own sex pheromone, they appear to detect it as it affects their behavior. In order to elucidate the mechanism of pheromone “autodetection” we compared responses of olfactory receptor neurons (ORN...

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Main Authors: Alicia Pérez-Aparicio, Byrappa Ammagarahalli, César Gemeno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10954-x