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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Heritable variation in pheromone response of the pink bollworm,Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)"
Author(s):		Collins RD; Carde RT;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, Massachusetts"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1989
Volume:		15
Issue:		12
Page Number:		2647 - 2659
DOI:		10.1007/BF01014723
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Heritability of variation in male pheromone response by pink bollworm moths,Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), was examined using a still-air, wing-fanning bioassay. Heritability (+/-SE) of overall responsiveness, as measured by the mean duration of wing fanning to the blend of pheromone components produced by females [44ratio56 ratio of (Z, E)- to (Z, Z)-7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate], was 0.385 +/- 0.095. Heritabilities of wingfanning duration to blends with 25 and 65%Z, E isomer were 0.377 +/- 0.113 and -0.145 +/- 0.103, respectively. These findings indicate an asymmetry in the genetic component of variation in response to pheromone blends with high and low proportions of theZ, E isomer. An index of response specificity for individual males was developed based on the response to an off-blend (either 25 or 65%Z, E isomer) relative to the response to the 44%Z, E blend. Heritabilities of response specificity were 0.117 +/- 0.059 and -0.043 +/- 0.067 for the 25 and 65%Z, E blends, respectively"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINECollins, R D Carde, R T eng 1989/12/01 J Chem Ecol. 1989 Dec; 15(12):2647-59. doi: 10.1007/BF01014723"