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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Title:		Chemo-anemotaxis: a behavioral response to sex pheromone in nonflying insects
Author(s):		Rust MK; Bell WJ;
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Journal Title:		Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:		1976
Volume:		73
Issue:		7
Page Number:		2524 - 2526
DOI:		10.1073/pnas.73.7.2524
ISSN/ISBN:		0027-8424 (Print) 1091-6490 (Electronic) 0027-8424 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The cockroach, Periplaneta americana, running on a Y-ring globe, moves downwind if an air current is directed toward the head. However, if the air current carries sex pheromone, then upwind movement is elicited. This orientation behavior is apparently a mechanism to facilitate the orientation of males searching for pheromone-secreting females"
Keywords:		Animals *Chemotaxis Cockroaches/*physiology Locomotion/*drug effects Periplaneta/*physiology Pheromones/*pharmacology Sex Attractants/*pharmacology;
Notes:		"MedlineRust, M K Bell, W J eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 1976/07/01 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1976 Jul; 73(7):2524-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.7.2524"