Is the rapid post-mating inhibition of pheromone response triggered by ecdysteroids or other factors from the sex accessory glands in the male moth Agrotis ipsilon?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 700-708

  Vitecek, Simon ^a   Maria, Annick ^b   Blais, Catherine ^b   Duportets, Line ^b,c   Gaertner, Cyril ^a   Dufour, Marie Cécile ^d   Siaussat, David ^b   Debernard, Stéphane ^b   Gadenne, Christophe ^a,e  

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

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Ecdysteroids; Male moths; Mating; Olfaction; Pheromone response; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; PHEROMONE;

AGROTIS IPSILON; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; POST EJACULATORY INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COPULATION; ECDYSTEROIDS; ECDYSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; NEURONS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

EID: 84878224217     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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