Free amino acids as phagostimulants in cricket nuptial gifts: Support for the 'Candymaker' hypothesis

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-196

  Warwick, Stuart ^a   Vahed, Karim ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^b   Simpson, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Free amino acids; Nuptial gifts; Phagostimulants; Sensory trap; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRICKET; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; NUPTIAL GIFT; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; FEEDING; FEMALE; GEL; GRYLLIDAE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ARANEAE; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLYCINE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PROLINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 65349087294     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0731     Document Type: Article

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