sex-attractant pheromone

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In chemoreception: Pheromones
A sex-attractant pheromone would be disadvantageous if it also attracted individuals of other species. Specificity is dependent to some extent on the degree to which a particular molecular structure can be modified; for example, there are more possible permutations of the structure of a molecule with…
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In chemoreception: Sex-attractant pheromones
Many insects produce a sex-attractant pheromone, by which one sex attracts the other from a distance. Among moths, it is common for the female to produce a sex-attractant pheromone. For example, female gypsy moths, which are flightless despite having fully developed wings, and female bagworms, which do not have…
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