A novel lineage of candidate pheromone receptors for sex communication in moths
L. Bastin-Heline, A. de Fouchier, S. Cao, F. Koutroumpa, G. Caballero-Vidal, S. Robakiewicz, C. Monsempes, M.-C. Francois, T. Ribeyre, A. de Cian, W. B. Walker, G. Wang, E. Jacquin-Joly, N. Montagne
The paper identifies a moth pheromone receptor not belonging to the known subfamily, suggesting two independent origins of type I pheromone tuning in Lepidoptera.
bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2019Evolutionary Biology