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The evolution of symmetrical snapping in termite soldiers need not lead to reduced chemical defence

SYSNO ASEP	0446511
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	The evolution of symmetrical snapping in termite soldiers need not lead to reduced chemical defence
Author(s)	Kyjaková, Pavlína (UOCHB-X)_RID Dolejšová, Klára (UOCHB-X)_RID Krasulová, Jana (UOCHB-X)_RID Bednárová, Lucie (UOCHB-X)_{RID, ORCID} Hadravová, Romana (UOCHB-X)_{RID, ORCID} Pohl, Radek (UOCHB-X)_{RID, ORCID} Hanus, Robert (UOCHB-X)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	7
Source Title	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. - : Oxford University Press - ISSN 0024-4066 Roč. 115, č. 4 (2015), s. 818-825
Number of pages	8 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	termites ; soldiers ; chemical defence ; diterpene ; cavitene ; frontal gland
Subject RIV	CB - Analytical Chemistry, Separation
R&D Projects	GP13-25354P GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	UOCHB-X - RVO:61388963
UT WOS	000357972700005
EID SCOPUS	84948387228
DOI	10.1111/bij.12540
Annotation	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.
Workplace	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
Contact	asep@uochb.cas.cz ; Kateřina Šperková, Tel.: 232 002 584 ; Viktorie Chládková, Tel.: 232 002 434
Year of Publishing	2016

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