"...CHCs evolved as royal pheromones ∼150 million years ago, ∼50 million years before their first use as queen-recognition pheromones in social Hymenoptera." https://t.co/rF8KUaAsL5 Who else believes that sex pheromones "evolved?"
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RT @ColinFunaro: Fresh new paper on #termite queen and king recognition pheromones. Very exciting to see this finally come out! https://t.c…
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@TedPavlic It’s more that there had been only one clear experiment, and it was about n=10, and the conclusion re: context derived from the lack of a (near inevitable) p<0.05 result. However this paper came out after, looks promising https://t.co/Shdkm5V
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社会性昆虫では女王を区別するロイヤルフェロモンの存在が知られている。これまで特定されてこなかったシロアリのロイヤルフェロモンを突き止めたよという研究。 https://t.co/WBjoVJc1EB