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SUBMITTER: Zhao L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4974635 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Lilin L Zhang Xinxing X Wei Yanan Y Zhou Jiao J Zhang Wei W Qin Peijun P Chinta Satya S Kong Xiangbo X Liu Yunpeng Y Yu Haiying H Hu Songnian S Zou Zhen Z Butcher Rebecca A RA Sun Jianghua J
Nature communications 20160801
Insect vectors are required for the transmission of many species of parasitic nematodes, but the mechanisms by which the vectors and nematodes coordinate their life cycles are poorly understood. Here, we report that ascarosides, an evolutionarily conserved family of nematode pheromones, are produced not only by a plant-parasitic nematode, but also by its vector beetle. The pinewood nematode and its vector beetle cause pine wilt disease, which threatens forest ecosystems world-wide. Ascarosides s ...[more]