Chemical basis of courtship in a beetle (Neopyrochroa flabellata): Cantharidin as "nuptial gift"

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 6499-6503

  Eisner, Thomas ^a   Smedley, Scott R ^a   Young, Daniel K ^c   Eisner, Maria ^a   Roach, Braden ^b,d   Meinwald, Jerrold ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Phyton Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae; Parental investment; Pheromone; Sexual selection; Spanish fly

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; LARVA; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CANTHARIDIN; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029948345     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.13.6499     Document Type: Article

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