Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Sex-determination cascade orchestrates male-male pheromone synthesis in the bean bug
Ji‐Chong Zhuo, Hai‐Qiang Wang, Qing-Ling Hu…·Chuan-Xi Zhang
The paper identifies two male-male pheromones in bean bugs and shows their synthesis is controlled by the sex-determination cascade Rpfmd-Rpdsx.
DOI 10.64898/2026.03.09.710008