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SUBMITTER: Dion E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6940390 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dion Emilie E Pui Li Xian LX Weber Katie K Monteiro Antónia A
Nature communications 20200102 1
While the diversity of sex pheromone communication systems across insects is well documented, the mechanisms that lead to such diversity are not well understood. Sex pheromones constitute a species-specific system of sexual communication that reinforces interspecific reproductive isolation. When odor blends evolve, the efficacy of male-female communication becomes compromised, unless preference for novel blends also evolves. We explore odor learning as a possible mechanism leading to changes in ...[more]