Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2933-2939

  Barrozo, Romina B ^a,b   Gadenne, Christophe ^a   Anton, Sylvia ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Mating; Moth; Olfaction; Plant odour; Plasticity; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; HEPTYL ALDEHYDE; MINERAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTH; NERVE CELL; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MINERAL OIL; MOTHS; NEURONS; ODORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AGROTIS IPSILON; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77956252956     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043430     Document Type: Article

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