Sexual communication in lepidoptera: A need for wedding genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology

Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 169-194

  Gould, Fred ^a   Groot, Astrid T ^b   Vásquez, Gissella M ^a   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420060201     Document Type: Chapter

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