Ecological, behavioral, and biochemical aspects of insect hydrocarbons.

By R. Howard, G. Blomquist. Annual Review of Entomology, 2005

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Subfields: Genetics, Insect Science

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In Genetics

1. Tom Wenseleers
2. Francis L. W. Ratnieks
3. T. Monnin
4. P. D’ettorre
5. S. Martin
6. Barry J. Dickson
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In Insect Science

1. Tom Wenseleers
2. Francis L. W. Ratnieks
3. T. Monnin
4. P. D’ettorre
5. S. Martin
6. Barry J. Dickson
7. T. McGenity
8. Ricarda Kather

Citations in the corpus

• Prokaryotic Hydrocarbon Degraders (2010, background): “They are found in interstellar space (Tielens, 2008), are produced by living organisms (Fuentes et al., 2007; Howard and Blomquist, 2005; Ladygina et al., 2006), and are produced by geological processes (Vandenbroucke and Largeau, 2007) and during incomplete combustion (Lima et al.”
• Chemical recognition of reproductive status in social insects (2006, background): “CHCs are abundant in insects, where they primarily prevent desiccation (e.g. Gibbs 2002, Howard & Blomquist 2005).”
• A single class of olfactory neurons mediates behavioural responses to a Drosophila sex pheromone (2007, background): “Or 67 d GA L4 [1] C ou rt sh ip in d ex”
• A masterpiece of evolution – Oecophylla weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2009, background): “Colonymate / kin recognition: Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are generally recognized to play a key role in insect recognition systems (HOWARD & BLOMQUIST 2005), including nest- or colonymate recognition in social insects (DANI 2006).”
• Action on the Surface: Entomopathogenic Fungi versus the Insect Cuticle (2013, background): “esters, alcohols, ketones, and aldehydes, with minor components including triacylglycerols, epoxides, and ethers, as well as tanned (cross-linked) proteins that impact and direct important aspects of environmental and behavioral interactions of the insect [21 23] (Figure 1).”
• Wax combs mediate nestmate recognition by guard honeybees (2006, background): “These chemicals have been shown to be essential for nestmate recognition in many social insects (reviewed in Howard & Blomquist 2005 ), but in the case of the honeybee, the role of hydrocarbons is more controversial because fatty acids are also thought to be important recognition cues (e.g.”
• The evolution of hydrocarbon pheromone parsimony in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - interplay of colony odor uniformity and odor idiosyncrasy. A review (2007, background): “Research was first centered on their role as nestmate recognition cues, but recently accumulating evidence now points to their role also in the regulation of reproduction (two extensive reviews on the biological role of CHCs appear in (HOWARD & BLOMQUIST 1982, HOWARD & BLOMQUIST 2005).”
• Pheromones and Chemical Ecology of Dispersal and Foraging in Termites (2010, background): “As in other social insects, species-specific recognition and nestmate discrimination in termites probably involve cuticular hydrocarbons (Clément and Bagnères 1998; Howard and Blomquist 2005), but this remains controversial and the phenomenon might rather result from a complex set of genetic, behavi”
• Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles as a taxonomic tool: advantages, limitations and technical aspects (2012, background): “A number of CHCs serve as species-specific sex pheromones in a range of insects (Howard & Blomquist, 2005; Mant et al., 2005; Nojima et al., 2007) and therefore play an important role in speciation.”