Title
Sexual communication in lepidoptera: A need for wedding genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology
Date Issued
01 January 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
North Carolina State University
Publisher(s)
CRC Press
Abstract
In night-flying moths, highly specific, long distance, pheromonal communication is essential for mating success and reproductive isolation of species. Emission of two or more volatile compounds by females, in precise ratios, is typically required to attract conspecific males (e.g., Cardé and Haynes 2004). Although there are thousands of moth species with unique pheromone blends (e.g., Cork and Lobos 2003; Witzgall et al. 2004; El-Sayed 2008), the evolutionary processes that resulted in this diversity of sexual communication signals and species are not understood.
Start page
169
End page
194
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología reproductiva
Genética, Herencia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-81055135660
ISBN
9781420060140
Resource of which it is part
Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera
ISBN of the container
9781420060201
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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