Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring

Pheromones are an essential cue for species recognition and mate selection in many insects including the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Here the authors show that females with a short social experience of a new male learn preferences for novel pheromone blends, a preference which also occurs in their d...

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Autores principales: Emilie Dion, Li Xian Pui, Katie Weber, Antónia Monteiro
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3de2ecd3997940c4b6fc0ac1466c29912021-12-02T17:31:57ZEarly-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring10.1038/s41467-019-13801-22041-1723https://doaj.org/article/3de2ecd3997940c4b6fc0ac1466c29912020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13801-2https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Pheromones are an essential cue for species recognition and mate selection in many insects including the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Here the authors show that females with a short social experience of a new male learn preferences for novel pheromone blends, a preference which also occurs in their daughters.Emilie DionLi Xian PuiKatie WeberAntónia MonteiroNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
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Emilie Dion
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Katie Weber
Antónia Monteiro
Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring
description Pheromones are an essential cue for species recognition and mate selection in many insects including the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Here the authors show that females with a short social experience of a new male learn preferences for novel pheromone blends, a preference which also occurs in their daughters.
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author Emilie Dion
Li Xian Pui
Katie Weber
Antónia Monteiro
author_facet Emilie Dion
Li Xian Pui
Katie Weber
Antónia Monteiro
author_sort Emilie Dion
title Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring
title_short Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring
title_full Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring
title_fullStr Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring
title_full_unstemmed Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring
title_sort early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/3de2ecd3997940c4b6fc0ac1466c2991
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