Cracking the olfactory code of a butterfly: The scent of ageing

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-424

  Nieberding, Caroline M ^a,b   Fischer, Klaus ^c   Saastamoinen, Marjo ^a,d   Allen, Cerisse E ^a,e   Wallin, Erika A ^f   Hedenström, Erik ^f   Brakefield, Paul M ^a,g  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Académie Louvain   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(2R, 6R, 10R) 6,10,14 trimethylpentadecan 2 ol; (Z) 9 tetradecenol; 16:Ald; 6,10,14 trime 15 2 ol; Age; Bicyclus anynana; Butterfly; Hexadecanal; Identity; Lepidoptera; Male sex pheromone; Mate choice; Olfactory communication; Sexual selection; Synthesis; Z9 14:OH

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGING; BUTTERFLY; COURTSHIP; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY CUE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHEROMONES; SMELL;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84859424161     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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