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The evolution of symmetrical snapping in termite soldiers need not lead to reduced chemical defence
- 1.0446511 - ÚOCHB 2016 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Kyjaková, Pavlína - Dolejšová, Klára - Krasulová, Jana - Bednárová, Lucie - Hadravová, Romana - Pohl, Radek - Hanus, Robert
The evolution of symmetrical snapping in termite soldiers need not lead to reduced chemical defence.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Roč. 115, č. 4 (2015), s. 818-825. ISSN 0024-4066. E-ISSN 1095-8312
R&D Projects: GA ČR GP13-25354P
Institutional support: RVO:61388963
Keywords : termites * soldiers * chemical defence * diterpene * cavitene * frontal gland
Subject RIV: CB - Analytical Chemistry, Separation
Impact factor: 1.984, year: 2015
We show that the symmetrical snapping soldiers of the Neotropical termite Cavitermes tuberosus possess a well-developed frontal gland, producing a blend of unbranched alkenes and alkadienes combined with three diterpene hydrocarbons, derived from a novel bicyclic hydrocarbon skeleton. We characterized the molecular structure of the most abundant of these diterpenes and proposed for it a trivial name, cavitene.
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