Monell Chemical Senses Center, University of Pennsylvania, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J Chem Ecol. 1984 Jun;10(6):913-21. doi: 10.1007/BF00987972.
The molting hormone/sex pheromone hypothesis of Kittredge and Takahashi (1972) and Kittredge et al. (1971) was explored inC. sapidus. Two concentrations of crustecdysone (5 × 10(-5) M and 5 × 10(-6) M) were presented to male crabs in a bioassay system in which courtship behavior was monitored. The results demonstrate that crustecdysone does not stimulate courtship in this species. The physical properties of crustecdysone were also compared to those of the partially purified sex pheromone derived from pubescent females. Using HPLC and mass spectral analysis, no correspondence of crustecdysone with the bioactive material could be shown. These results, in conjunction with the findings of others, do not support an evolutionary relationship between the molting hormone and sex pheromone communication in the Crustacea.
基特里奇和高桥（1972 年）以及基特里奇等人的蜕皮激素/性信息素假说在 C. sapidus 中得到了探讨。在一个监测求偶行为的生物测定系统中，两种浓度的蜕皮激素（5×10(-5)M 和 5×10(-6)M）被呈现给雄性螃蟹。结果表明，蜕皮激素不能刺激该物种的求偶行为。蜕皮激素的物理性质也与从青春期雌性中提取的部分纯化性信息素进行了比较。使用 HPLC 和质谱分析，未能证明蜕皮激素与生物活性物质之间存在对应关系。这些结果与其他人的发现一起，不支持蜕皮激素与甲壳动物性信息素通讯之间的进化关系。
