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ArticleEcology and evolution2018

Chemical signaling and insect attraction is a conserved trait in yeasts.

Paul G Becher, Arne Hagman, Vasiliki Verschut, Amrita Chakraborty, Elżbieta Rozpędowska, Sébastien Lebreton, Marie Bengtsson, Gerhard Flick, Peter Witzgall, Jure Piškur

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul G BecherDepartment of Plant Protection Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5058-2668
Arne HagmanDepartment of Biology Lund University Lund Sweden.
Vasiliki VerschutDepartment of Plant Protection Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden.
Amrita ChakrabortyDepartment of Plant Protection Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden.
Elżbieta RozpędowskaDepartment of Plant Protection Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden.
Sébastien LebretonDepartment of Plant Protection Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden.
Marie BengtssonDepartment of Plant Protection Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden.
Gerhard FlickDepartment of Agriculture and Food Science University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg Germany.
Peter WitzgallDepartment of Plant Protection Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4697-3380
Jure PiškurDepartment of Biology Lund University Lund Sweden.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SELund University · SENeubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yeast volatiles attract insects, which apparently is of mutual benefit, for both yeasts and insects. However, it is unknown whether biosynthesis of metabolites that attract insects is a basic and general trait, or if it is specific for yeasts that live in close association with insects. Our goal was to study chemical insect attractants produced by yeasts that span more than 250 million years of evolutionary history and vastly differ in their metabolism and lifestyle. We bioassayed attraction of the vinegar fly

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chemical signalingCrabtree‐positivefermentationfloral volatilesinsect attractionmimicryolfactionpollination

Identifiers

PMID29531709
PMCPMC5838033
OpenAlexW2793224894

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