Sensory neurons that respond to sex and aggregation pheromones in the nymphal cockroach

Abstract In the common pest cockroach, Periplaneta americana, behavioural responses to the sex and aggregation pheromones change in an age-dependent manner. Nymphs are attracted by the aggregation pheromone periplanolide-E (PLD-E) but not by the sex pheromone periplanone-B (PB) in faeces. Adults dis...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Tateishi, Yukihiro Nishimura, Masayuki Sakuma, Fumio Yokohari, Hidehiro Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58816-8