An alternate route to insect pharmacophagy: The loose receptor hypothesis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1987-1997

  Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Mullin, Christopher A ^b   Frazier, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Cucurbitacins; Gustation; Peripheral taste perception; Phagostimulant; Pharmacophagy; Phytosterols; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITACIN GLYCOSIDE; PHYTOSTEROL; POLLEN; TRITERPENE;

EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST; HYPOTHESIS; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTOR BINDING; TASTE;

EID: 0032875157     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021024420353     Document Type: Article

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