Abstract
The "sexually deceptive" orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis attracts males of its pollinator species, the thynnine wasp Neozeleboria cryptoides, by emitting a unique volatile compound, 2-ethyl-5-propylcyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also produced by female wasps as a male-attracting sex pheromone.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cyclohexanones / chemistry
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Cyclohexanones / isolation & purification
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Cyclohexanones / metabolism*
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Female
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Flowers / metabolism
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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
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Male
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Molecular Structure
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Odorants
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Orchidaceae / metabolism*
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Pollen*
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Sex Attractants / chemistry
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Sex Attractants / isolation & purification
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Sex Attractants / metabolism*
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Sexual Behavior, Animal
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Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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Wasps / physiology*
Substances
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2-ethyl-5-propylcyclohexan-1,3-dione
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Cyclohexanones
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Sex Attractants