Plants on red alert: Do insects pay attention?

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The 'Defence Indication hypothesis' focuses on the multiple protective functions of anthocyanins and carotenoids as pigments and the evolvement of plant coloration primarily in response to various stressors. The reaction of the insects to plant coloration is explained with the help of the effects of the pigments and shared defense responses of the plants.

Germany, Food and nutrition, Herbivores, Color of plants, Plant coloration, Plant defenses, Plant defences, Plant colouration

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Petromyzonol sulfate and its derivatives: The chemoattractants of the sea lamprey

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Petromyzonal sulfate and 3 keto-PZS are bile alcohol derivatives that serve as chemoattractants during the life cycle of sea lamprey. The receptors for the migratory and the reproductive pheromones need to be molecularly cloned and characterized in order to understand the molecular biology of olfaction in the sea lamprey.

United States, Genetic aspects, Smell, Pheromones, Sea lamprey

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