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How do cuticular hydrocarbons evolve? Physiological constraints and climatic and biotic selection pressures act on a complex functional trait.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 15 Mar 2017

Menzel Florian, Blaimer Bonnie B, Schmitt Thomas

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Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) cover the cuticles of virtually all insects, serving as a waterproofing agent and as a communication signal. The causes for the high CHC variation between species, and the factors influencing CHC profiles, are scarcely understood. Here, we compare CHC profiles of ant species from seven biogeographic regions, searching for physiological constraints and for climatic and biotic...

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PMID: 28298343
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1727
PMCID: PMC5360911

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