A male gift to its partner? Cyanogenic glycosides in the spermatophore of longwing butterflies (Heliconius)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-42

  Cardoso, Márcio Zikán ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanogenic glycoside; Heliconius; Nuptial gifts; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; PROTEIN; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; NUPTIAL GIFT; SPERMATOPHORE; SUGAR;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOGENESIS; FEMALE; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; LARVA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGONIA;

ARTHROPODA; HELICONIUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33845808735     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0154-6     Document Type: Article

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