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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Insect predator-prey coevolution via enantiomeric specificity in a kairomone-pheromone system
Author(s):		Payne TL; Dickens JC; Richerson JV;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, Texas"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1984
Volume:		10
Issue:		3
Page Number:		487 - 492
DOI:		10.1007/BF00988094
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Insect predators can be guided to their prey by a kairomonal response to the prey pheromone. We found this phenomenon to be highly specific in the bark beetle predatorThanasimus dubius. Olfactory responses and behavioral tests revealed that the predator is guided to its major preyDendroctonusfrontalis by the primary enantiomer of the pheromone of the prey, (1S, 5R)-(-)-frontalin. These and other findings suggest the co-evolution of a kairomone system of the predator and the pheromone system of its prey"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEPayne, T L Dickens, J C Richerson, J V eng 1984/03/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Mar; 10(3):487-92. doi: 10.1007/BF00988094"