Enemy odors help flies protect their offspring
Female Drosophila flies avoid laying eggs at sites that smell of parasitic wasps.
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Tilapias use urine to attract females
How many of us have seen, much to its owner consternation, a misguided pet urinating at the corner of a room marking its territory to repel rivals and attract females? Well, apparently fish do the same.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2014
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Pining for a beetle genome
The sequencing and assembly of the genome of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is published online this week in Genome Biology. The species is native to North America, where it is currently wreaking havoc ...
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2013
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Artificial sex pheromones could reduce pest infestation
(Phys.org) -- A University of California, Davis, discovery that male navel orangeworms respond more readily to artificial or "deceitful" female sex pheromones than to natural sex pheromones could lead to a better mating disruption ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2012
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Sexual selection influences the evolution of lamprey pheromones
In "Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Production of Bile Acids that Act As Sex Pheromones in Lampreys," published in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Tyler J. Buchinger and others find that sexual selection may ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2019
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Pheromone power—Bringing 'SexyPlant' back to defy crop pests
The project will use a biological method for manufacturing pheromones, which provide a safe and sustainable alternative to harmful pesticides, reducing the environmental impact of agriculture.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2018
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Enhanced lure proves irresistible to orchard pest
New lures that entice codling moths with the scent of food and a possible mate are available for use in monitoring this orchard pest and controlling it with carefully timed applications of insecticide. The research related ...
Ecology
Jul 8, 2013
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Uncovering maternal to paternal communications in mice
Researchers at Japan's Kanazawa University have proven the existence of communicative signalling from female mice that induces male parental behavior.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2013
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