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Title:		Pheromone Concentration as a Mechanism for Reproductive Isolation between Two Lepidopterous Species
Author(s):		Kaae RS; Shorey HH; Gaston LK;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1973
Volume:		179
Issue:		4072
Page Number:		487 - 488
DOI:		10.1126/science.179.4072.487
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Pheromone-releasing females of the closely related noctuid moths Trichoplusia ni and Autographa californica attract mainly males of their own species. Sex-pheromone-concentration specificity appears to be an important reproductive isolating mechanism for these two species. Apparently, both species utilize the same pheromone, cis-7-dodecenyl acetate, for mating communication, but T. ni utilizes a higher level than does A. californica. Traps releasing amounts of cis-7-dodecenyl acetate that are highly attractive for males of one of the species catch very few males of the other species"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEKaae, R S Shorey, H H Gaston, L K eng 1973/02/02 Science. 1973 Feb 2; 179(4072):487-8. doi: 10.1126/science.179.4072.487"