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Science 11 June 1993:
Vol. 260. no. 5114, pp. 1635 - 1637
DOI: 10.1126/science.260.5114.1635
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Identification of a Sex Pheromone from a Spider

S. Schulz 1 and S. Toft 2

1 Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, D-2000 Hamburg 13, Germany
2 Biologisk Institut, Afdeling for Zoologi, Universitetsparken, Bygning 135, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark

The compounds (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid and its dimer, (R)-3-[(R)-3-hydroxybutyryloxy]-butyric acid, have been identified as sex pheromones of a spider. These compounds elicit web reduction behavior by males of Linyphia triangularis (Clerck) on the webs of unmated adult females.

Submitted on November 23, 1992
Accepted on April 14, 1993


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