Fuente: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Expuesto el: martes, 28 de agosto de 2012 16:08
Autor: Leary, G. P., Allen, J. E., Bunger, P. L., Luginbill, J. B., Linn, C. E., Macallister, I. E., Kavanaugh, M. P., Wanner, K. W.
Asunto: Single mutation to a sex pheromone receptor provides adaptive specificity between closely related moth species [Evolution]
| Sex pheromone communication, acting as a prezygotic barrier to mating, is believed to have contributed to the speciation of moths and butterflies in the order Lepidoptera. Five decades after the discovery of the first moth sex pheromone, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pheromone... |
