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Pheromone analysis of wild female moths with a PBAN C-terminal peptide injection for an estimation of assortative mating in adzuki bean borer, Ostrinia scapulalis.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Dec 2003
Tabata Jun, Takanashi Takuma, Ishikawa Yukio
Abstract excerpt
The adzuki bean borer, Ostrinia scapulalis, has distinct genetic variation in the blend of two sex pheromone components, (E)- and (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetates. This variation is largely controlled by a single autosomal locus with two alleles, E and Z. E-type (EE) females produce a pheromone with...
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