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Sex Pheromone and Trail Pheromone of the Sand Termite Psammotermes hybostoma
- 1.0359055 - ÚOCHB 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Sillam-Dusses, David - Hanus, Robert - Abd El-Latif, A. O. - Jiroš, Pavel - Krasulová, Jana - Kalinová, Blanka - Valterová, Irena - Šobotník, Jan
Sex Pheromone and Trail Pheromone of the Sand Termite Psammotermes hybostoma.
Journal of Chemical Ecology. Roč. 37, č. 2 (2011), s. 179-188. ISSN 0098-0331. E-ISSN 1573-1561
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Keywords : sex pheromone * trail pheromone * Psammotermes hybostoma * termites * Rhinotermitidae
Subject RIV: CC - Organic Chemistry
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We identified (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol (dodecatrienol) as the sex pheromone released by tergal and sternal glands of female imagos and, at the same time, as the trail pheromone secreted from the sternal gland of workers in the sand termite, Psammotermes hybostoma. Our findings underline once again the conservative nature of chemical communication in termites, with dodecatrienol being a frequent component of pheromonal signals in trail following and sex attraction and, at the same time, a tight evolutionary relationship between the trail following of working castes and the sex attraction of imagos.
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