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Biparental defensive endowment of eggs with acquired plant alkaloid in the moth Utetheisa ornatrix.

The eggs of Utetheisa ornatrix contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids. These compounds are contributed by both parents, who sequester them as larvae from their food plants. Females receive alkaloid from the males at mating, apparently by seminal infusion, and transmit this alkaloid together with alkaloid o...

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Main Authors: Dussourd, D E, Ubik, K, Harvis, C, Resch, J, Meinwald, J, Eisner, T
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 1988
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC281891/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3413071
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