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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Genetic aspects of interpopulational differences in pheromone blend of cabbage looper moth,Trichoplusia ni"
Author(s):		Hunt RE; Zhao BG; Haynes KF;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, 40546, Lexington, Kentucky"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1990
Volume:		16
Issue:		10
Page Number:		2935 - 2946
DOI:		10.1007/BF00979485
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The genetic basis of interpopulational differences in the pheromone blend emitted by the cabbage looper moth,Trichoplusia ni (Hubner), was examined by crossing individuals from a field-derived population (P1) with individuals from a long-maintained laboratory colony (P2). These colonies differed in the emission rate and relative proportions of four of the five known minor pheromone components, but not in the emission rate of the major component, (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate (Z7-12ratioAc). These differences in pheromone blend were quantitatively small but biologically significant, because in the field, males responded preferentially to traps baited with a pheromone blend that is similar to that emitted by P1 females relative to a blend similar to that emitted by P2 females. In initial crosses, variation in the quantity and quality of pheromone blends among families of P1, P2, and F1 hybrid females was examined. In F1 females the relative proportions (quantity relative to the major component) of (Z)-5-dodecenyl acetate (Z5-12ratioAc) and (Z)-7-tetradecenyl acetate (Z7-14ratioAc) were intermediate to parental lines. In a second more extensive set of crosses, analyses included P1, P2, F1, F2, and selected backcrosses. The relative proportion of Z5-12ratioAc, Z7-14ratioAc, and Z9-14ratioAc emitted by F1 females were intermediate to parental lines. The frequency distributions of relative proportions of these components emitted by females were not consistent with those expected under a single autosomal or sex-linked gene hypothesis, suggesting that more than one gene is involved in the quantitative differences in the pheromone blend"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEHunt, R E Zhao, B G Haynes, K F eng 1990/10/01 J Chem Ecol. 1990 Oct; 16(10):2935-46. doi: 10.1007/BF00979485"