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Science 20 August 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3686, pp. 882 - 883
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3686.882
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Insect Mating Behavior: Endocrine Control of a Chemical Communication System

Robert H. Barth Jr. 1

1 Department of Zoology, The University, Sheffield 10, England

Experiments on several species of moths and cockroaches indicate that the production of sex pheromone (a male attractant) in virgin females is under endocrine control in some species but not in others. The presence or absence of endocrine control over pheromone production may be correlated with the type of life cycle exhibited.


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Involvement of Juvenile Hormone in the Regulation of Pheromone Release Activities in a Moth.
M. CUSSON and J. N. MCNEIL (1989)
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Brain Factor Control of Sex Pheromone Production in the Female Corn Earworm Moth.
A. K. RAINA and J. A. KLUN (1984)
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