Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway
Mohammed A. Khallaf, Thomas O. Auer, Veit Grabe, Ana Depetris-Chauvin, Byrappa Ammagarahalli, Dandan Zhang, Sofía Lavista-Llanos, Filip Kaftan, Jerrit Weißflog, Luciano M. Matzkin, Stephanie M. Rollmann, Christer Löfstedt, Aleš Svatoš, Hany K. M. Dweck, Silke Sachse, Richard Benton, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden
Abstract
. Our results reveal that, during incipient speciation, pheromone production, detection, and interpretation do not necessarily evolve in a coordinated manner.
Topics & Concepts
SubspeciesDrosophila (subgenus)BiologyEvolutionary biologySex pheromonePheromoneGeneticsChemical communicationOlfactionZoologyNeuroscienceGeneNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchPlant and animal studiesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior