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Title:		Insect sex pheromones: minor amount of opposite geometrical isomer critical to attraction
Author(s):		Klun JA; Chapman OL; Mattes KC; Wojtkowski PW; Beroza M; Sonnet PE;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1973
Volume:		181
Issue:		4100
Page Number:		661 - 663
DOI:		10.1126/science.181.4100.661
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"(Z)-II-Tetradecenyl acetate is the reported sex pheromone of European corn borer and redbanded leafroller moths. However, geometrically pure preparations of the compound are weakly attractive to these species. Presence of the E geometrical isomer in the Z is necessary for maximum sex attraction and these moths are 'tuned' to respond optimally to specific proportions of Z to E. This discovery is important to considerations of moth pheromonal specificity, evolution, and in application of knowledge of the pheromones to insect-pest suppression"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEKlun, J A Chapman, O L Mattes, K C Wojtkowski, P W Beroza, M Sonnet, P E eng 1973/08/17 Science. 1973 Aug 17; 181(4100):661-3. doi: 10.1126/science.181.4100.661"