Sex-specific chemical cues from immatures facilitate the evolution of mate guarding in Heliconius butterflies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1680, 2010, Pages 407-413

  Estrada, Catalina ^a   Yildizhan, Selma ^b   Schulz, Stefan ^b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Heliconius; Pheromone; Pre copulatory mate guarding; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL CUE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS CHARITHONIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 76249087347     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1476     Document Type: Article

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