Pheromone Orientation: Role of Internal Control Mechanisms
- 4 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 214 (4525) , 1147-1149
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.214.4525.1147
Abstract
Male American cockroaches walk a zigzag path upwind toward a source of female sex pheromone. Although the maximum width of the pathway is regulated by the width of an odor plume, many turns are made before the edge of a wide plume is encountered. In addition to the pheromone regulation of the insect's orientation movements, an internal mechanism appears to influence the zigzag turning pattern.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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