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Science 1 October 1971:
Vol. 174. no. 4004, pp. 76 - 78
DOI: 10.1126/science.174.4004.76
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Sex Attractant Pheromone of the House Fly: Isolation, Identification and Synthesis

D. A. Carlson 1, M. S. Mayer 1, D. L. Silhacek 2, J. D. James 3, Morton Beroza 4, and B. A. Bierl 4

1 Entomology Research Division, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, Florida 32601
2 Market Quality Research Division, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville
3 Entomology Research Division, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville
4 Entomology Research Division, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705

A sex pheromone isolated from the cuticle and feces of the female house fly attracts the male fly; it has been identified as (Z)-9-tricosene. Chemical and biological comparisons of the natural and synthesized compounds show that they are identical.


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