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Title:		"Sesquiterpene progenitor, germacrene A: an alarm pheromone in aphids"
Author(s):		Bowers WS; Nishino C; Montgomery ME; Nault LR; Nielson MW;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1977
Volume:		196
Issue:		4290
Page Number:		680 - 681
DOI:		10.1126/science.558651
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Germacrene A, the elusive biogenetic 'parent' of many sesquiterpenes, has been isolated from the spotted alfalfa aphid and identified as a new intrageneric aphid alarm pheromone"
Keywords:		"Animals Aphids/analysis/*physiology Fear/*physiology Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy *Pheromones/isolation & purification/physiology *Sesquiterpenes/isolation & purification Spectrophotometry, Infrared;"
Notes:		"MedlineBowers, W S Nishino, C Montgomery, M E Nault, L R Nielson, M W eng 1977/05/06 Science. 1977 May 6; 196(4290):680-1. doi: 10.1126/science.558651"