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Sex-linked transcription factor involved in a shift of sex-pheromone preference in the silkmoth Bombyx mori.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Nov 2011
Fujii Tsuguru, Fujii Takeshi, Namiki Shigehiro, Abe Hiroaki, Sakurai Takeshi, Ohnuma Akio, Kanzaki Ryohei, Katsuma Susumu, Ishikawa Yukio, Shimada Toru
Abstract excerpt
In the sex-pheromone communication systems of moths, odorant receptor (Or) specificity as well as higher olfactory information processing in males should be finely tuned to the pheromone of conspecific females. Accordingly, male sex-pheromone preference should have diversified along with the diversification of female sex pheromones; however, the genetic mechanisms that facilitated the diversification of male...
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