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Evolution

Title:		Variations in Cuticular Hydrocarbons among the Eight Species of the Drosophila Melanogaster Subgroup
Author(s):		Jallon JM; David JR;
Address:		"Laboratoire de Biologie et Genetique Evolutives, CNRS, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France"
Journal Title:		Evolution
Year:		1987
Volume:		41
Issue:		2
Page Number:		294 - 302
DOI:		10.1111/j.1558-5646.1987.tb05798.x
ISSN/ISBN:		1558-5646 (Electronic) 0014-3820 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In addition to protecting against desiccation, some of the hydrocarbons of the waxy cuticle have previously been shown to be mating pheromones in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. Therefore, cuticular hydrocarbons were compared among the eight species in the D. melanogaster subgroup. For the two cosmopolitan species and several geographic strains that were studied, all males are quite similar with very abundant monoenes. The major compound in most cases is 7-tricosene. Only three exceptions were found: D. sechellia, and the Afrotropical strains of D. melanogaster and D. simulans. A significant sexual dimorphism exists in three species: D. melanogaster, D. erecta, and D. sechellia. Greater variation was observed in females than in males. D. erecta is singular in the production of long-chain molecules (31-33 carbons). Only three species (D. melanogaster, D. erecta, and D. sechellia) produce diene in significant amounts. Such products, especially 7,11-heptacosadiene, are known to act as aphrodisiacs for D. melanogaster males. In the five other species, females show only quantitative differences from males, generally with 7-tricosene as the most abundant compound. This compound is an aphrodisiac for D. simulans males. Some species such as D. yakuba, D. teissieri, D. orena, D. mauritiana, and the Seychelles strain of D. simulans are almost identical in the chemical composition of cuticular hydrocarbons. In contrast, important variations are observed between geographic populations of D. melanogaster and D. simulans"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEJallon, Jean-Marc David, Jean R eng 1987/03/01 Evolution. 1987 Mar; 41(2):294-302. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1987.tb05798.x"