Olfactory eavesdropping of predator alarm pheromone by sympatric but not allopatric prey
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.05.013
Abstract: Eavesdropping is predicted to evolve between sympatric, but not allopatric, predator and prey. The evolutionary arms race between Asian honey bees and their hornet predators has led to a remarkable defence, heat balling, which suffocates… read more here.
Keywords: alarm; sympatric allopatric; alarm pheromone; hornet ... See more keywords
Spatiotemporal expression profiling of the farnesyl diphosphate synthase genes in aphids and analysis of their associations with the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007485318000706
Abstract: The alarm behavior plays a key role in the ecology of aphids, but the site and molecular mechanism for the biosynthesis of aphid alarm pheromone are largely unknown. Farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) catalyzes the synthesis… read more here.
Keywords: expression; alarm pheromone; aphid; biosynthesis ... See more keywords
A blend of formic acid, benzoic acid, and aliphatic alkanes mediates alarm recruitment responses in western carpenter ants, Camponotus modoc
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DOI: 10.1111/eea.12901
Abstract: Formicine ants in distress spray alarm pheromone which typically recruits nestmates for help. Studying the western carpenter ant, Camponotus modoc Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), our objectives were to (1) determine the exocrine glands that contain alarm… read more here.
Keywords: alarm pheromone; alarm recruitment; pheromone; western carpenter ... See more keywords
Farnesyl/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases regulate the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone in a unique manner in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae
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DOI: 10.1111/imb.12826
Abstract: Farnesyl/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases (FPPS/GGPPS) as the short‐chain prenyltransferases catalyse the formation of the acyclic precursors (E)‐FPP and (E)‐GGPP for isoprenoid biosynthesis. Here, we first cloned the cDNAs encoding FPPS and GGPPS in the vetch aphid… read more here.
Keywords: aphid; mvfpps mvggpps; biosynthesis; biosynthesis alarm ... See more keywords