ReviewInsects2015
Insect Cuticular Hydrocarbons as Dynamic Traits in Sexual Communication.
Review in Insects, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.
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27 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Ultrastructural Changes in Final Instar Larvae ofBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Seasonal Patterns of Resource Use Within Natural Populations of Burying Beetles.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Influence of Host Plants and Tending Ants on the Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profile of a Generalist Myrmecophilous Caterpillar.Journal of chemical ecology · 2024Article
- Behavioural consequences of intraspecific variability in a mate recognition signal.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus) cuticular hydrocarbons contain information about body size and sex.PloS one · 2024Article
- The diverse roles of insulin signaling in insect behavior.Frontiers in insect science · 2024Review
- The Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Dasineura Oleae Show Differences Between Sex, Adult Age and Mating Status.Journal of chemical ecology · 2023Article
- Metabolomics-Guided Comparison of Pollen and Microalgae-Based Artificial Diets in Honey Bees.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2022Article
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- Cuticular hydrocarbons are associated with mating success and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Social signals mediate oviposition site selection in Drosophila suzukii.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Importance of Methyl-Branched Cuticular Hydrocarbons for Successful Host Recognition by the Larval Ectoparasitoid Holepyris sylvanidis.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
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- Distinct Roles of Cuticular Aldehydes as Pheromonal Cues in Two Cotesia Parasitoids.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Intraspecific Cuticular Chemical Profile Variation in the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).Neotropical entomology · 2019Article
- Natural and sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons: a quantitative genetic analysis.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Genetic and environmental variation in transcriptional expression of seminal fluid proteins.Heredity · 2019Article
- Desiccation Resistance and Micro-Climate Adaptation: Cuticular Hydrocarbon Signatures of Different Argentine Ant Supercolonies Across California.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Recent research has demonstrated extensive within-species variation in pheromone expression in insect species, contrary to the view that pheromones are largely invariant within species. In fact, many studies on insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) show that pheromones can be highly dynamic traits that can express significant short-term plasticity across both abiotic and social environments. It is likely that this variability in CHC expression contributes to their important role in sexual signaling and mate choice. In this review, I discuss CHC plasticity and how this might influence sexual communication. I also highlight two important avenues for future research: examining plasticity in how individuals respond to CHC signals, and testing how sexual communication varies across abiotic and social environments.
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