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Functional consequences of sequence variation in the pheromone biosynthetic gene pgFAR for Ostrinia moths.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Mar 2013
Lassance Jean-Marc, Liénard Marjorie A, Antony Binu, Qian Shuguang, Fujii Takeshi, Tabata Jun, Ishikawa Yukio, Löfstedt Christer
Abstract excerpt
Pheromones are central to the mating systems of a wide range of organisms, and reproductive isolation between closely related species is often achieved by subtle differences in pheromone composition. In insects and moths in particular, the use of structurally similar components in different blend ratios is usually sufficient to impede gene flow between taxa. To date, the genetic changes associated with variation...
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