Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Curr Biol. 2017 Jul 24;27(14):R713-R715. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.064.
Male moths compete to arrive first at a female releasing pheromone. A new study reveals that additional pheromone cues released only by younger females may prompt males to avoid them in favor of older but more fecund females.
雄蛾竞相第一个到达释放信息素的雌蛾。一项新的研究表明,只有年轻雌蛾释放的额外信息素提示可能会促使雄蛾避开它们,而选择更年长但更有生育能力的雌蛾。