Molecular signatures of sexual communication in the phlebotomine sand flies.

• Main Authors: Paul V Hickner (Author), Nataliya Timoshevskaya (Author), Ronald J Nowling (Author), Frédéric Labbé (Author), Andrew D Nguyen (Author), Mary Ann McDowell (Author), Carolina N Spiegel (Author), Zainulabeuddin Syed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Phlebotomine sand flies employ an elaborate system of pheromone communication wherein males produce pheromones that attract other males to leks (thus acting as an aggregation pheromone) and females to the lekking males (sex pheromone). In addition, the type of pheromone produced varies among populat...