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Wax, sex and the origin of species: Dual roles of insect cuticular hydrocarbons in adaptation and mating

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Variation in quantity and composition of cuticular hydrocarbons in the scorpion Buthus occitanus (Buthidae) in response to acute exposure to desiccation stress

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Crystal structures of eight mono-methyl alkanes (C26–C32)viasingle-crystal and powder diffraction and DFT-D optimization

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The Effect of Dietary Fatty Acids on the Cuticular Hydrocarbon Phenotype of an Herbivorous Insect and Consequences for Mate Recognition

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Does morphology predict trophic position and habitat use of ant species and assemblages?

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Worker Personality and Its Association with Spatially Structured Division of Labor

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Composition of cuticular lipids in the pteromalid wasp Lariophagus distinguendus is host dependent

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Acrobat ants go global – Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2012) Bonnie B. Blaimer   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles as a taxonomic tool: advantages, limitations and technical aspects

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Lasius niger ants discriminate aphids based on their cuticular hydrocarbons

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TOLERANCE REQUIRES THE RIGHT SMELL: FIRST EVIDENCE FOR INTERSPECIFIC SELECTION ON CHEMICAL RECOGNITION CUES

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Evolution of cuticular hydrocarbon diversity in ants

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Strong differences in chemical recognition cues between two closely related species of ants from the genus Lasius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Short-term phenotypic plasticity in long-chain cuticular hydrocarbons

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Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest

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Apparent Dear-enemy Phenomenon and Environment-based Recognition Cues in the Ant Leptothorax nylanderi

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Interaction of liquid epicuticular hydrocarbons and tarsal adhesive secretion in Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

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Is parasite pressure a driver of chemical cue diversity in ants?

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CLINES IN CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS IN TWO DROSOPHILA SPECIES WITH INDEPENDENT POPULATION HISTORIES

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A Review of Ant Cuticular Hydrocarbons

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Evolution of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon patterns in Formica ants

(2008) STEPHEN J. MARTIN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Tropical parabiotic ants: Highly unusual cuticular substances and low interspecific discrimination

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Sexual dimorphism in cuticular hydrocarbons of the Australian field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

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Disentangling environmental and heritable nestmate recognition cues in a carpenter ant

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Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest

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