Evolution of moth sex pheromones via ancestral genes
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Evolution of moth sex pheromones via ancestral genes.
Mate finding in most moth species involves long-distance signaling via female-emitted sex pheromones. There is a great diversity of pheromone structures used throughout the Lepidoptera, even among closely related species. The conundrum is how signal divergence has occurred. With strong normalizing selection pressure on blend composition and response preferences, it is improbable that shifts to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.152445399