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Experientia

Title:		"Paternal allocation of sequestered plant pyrrolizidine alkaloid to eggs in the danaine butterfly, Danaus gilippus"
Author(s):		Dussourd DE; Harvis CA; Meinwald J; Eisner T;
Address:		"Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853"
Journal Title:		Experientia
Year:		1989
Volume:		45
Issue:		9
Page Number:		896 - 898
DOI:		10.1007/BF01954068
ISSN/ISBN:		0014-4754 (Print) 0014-4754 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestered by adult male Danaus gilippus from plants is transferred in large measure to the female at mating, and by the female to the eggs. The eggs, presumably, are protected as a result. The male's courtship pheromone, danaidone, derived from the sequestered alkaloid, may function to advertise the male's alkaloid-donating capacity"
Keywords:		"Animals Butterflies/*metabolism Female Lepidoptera/*metabolism Male Ovum/*metabolism Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids/*metabolism Sexual Behavior, Animal;"
Notes:		"MedlineDussourd, D E Harvis, C A Meinwald, J Eisner, T eng AI-02908/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ AI-12020/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Switzerland 1989/09/15 Experientia. 1989 Sep 15; 45(9):896-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01954068"