Sexually transmitted chemical defense in a moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)

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

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5570-5574

  González, Andrés ^a   Rossini, Carmen ^a   Eisner, Maria ^a   Eisner, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Lepidoptera; Nuptial gift; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; SPIDER;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOCROTALINE; MOTHS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; REPRODUCTION; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARCTIIDAE; CERATIOLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOSA; LYCOSA CERATIOLA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; UTETHEISA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 0033545849     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.10.5570     Document Type: Article

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