Sentences with phrase «specific sex pheromone»
In silk moths, this is achieved by only males expressing the receptor BmOR - 1 in their antenna, which detects the female - specific sex pheromone bombykol [18].
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In moths, females emit a species - specific sex pheromone, consisting of a blend of biochemically related components, to which males are attracted.
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Many previous studies have examined the role that sex - specific pheromones or semiochemicals play in the evolution of a spider's reproduction cycle.
But rather than changes in doublesex itself, these studies revealed changes in downstream targets of dsx, via changes to specific DNA sequences to which DSX protein binds in the cis - regulatory regions of the bric - a-brac and desatF genes and affecting sex differences in abdominal pigmentation and pheromone production.