Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self-referencing in crickets: A potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-353

  Weddle, Carie B ^a   Steiger, Sandra ^b   Hamaker, Christopher G ^a   Ower, Geoffrey D ^a   Mitchell, Christopher ^c   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a   Hunt, John ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Crickets; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Gryllodes sigillatus; Mate choice; Mate recognition; Polyandry; Self referent phenotype matching; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84931749083     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12046     Document Type: Article

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