Sex pheromone in a marine polychaete: Determination of the chemical structure
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Experimental Zoology
- Vol. 246 (3) , 285-292
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402460308
Abstract
A sex pheromone of the marine polychaetePlatynereis dumeriliiis chemically characterized as 5‐methyl‐3‐heptanone. There exist two optical isomers, the S(+)‐isomer produced by males and acting on females, the R(−)‐isomer produced by females and acting on males. The basic structure shows a close relationship to insect pheromones and is of interest with regard to the evolution of pheromones.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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