Discovery of pyrazines as pollinator sex pheromones and orchid semiochemicals: Implications for the evolution of sexual deception

Sexually deceptive orchids employ floral volatiles to sexually lure their specific pollinators. How and why this pollination system has evolved independently on multiple continents remains unknown, although preadaptation is considered to have been important. Understanding the chemistry of sexual dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bohman, B., Philips, R., Menz, M., Flematti, G., Barrow, R., Dixon, Kingsley, Peakall, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36559