How do cuticular hydrocarbons evolve? Physiological constraints and climatic and biotic selection pressures act on a complex functional trait

Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) cover the cuticles of virtually all insects, serving as a waterproofing agent and as a communication signal. The causes for the high CHC variation between species, and the factors influencing CHC profiles, are scarcely understood. Here, we compare CHC profiles of ant sp...

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Published in:Proc Biol Sci
Main Authors: Menzel, Florian, Blaimer, Bonnie B., Schmitt, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2017
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Special Feature
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5360911/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298343
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1727
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