The composition of cuticular compounds indicates body parts, sex and age in the model butterfly Bicyclus anynana (Lepidoptera)
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1 Group of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 2 Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium 3 Laboratory of Zoology, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium 4 Insect Symbiosis Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany 5 Institut de Statistique, Biostatistique et Sciences Actuarielles, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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