Deciphering the recognition signature within the cuticular chemical profile of paper wasps
Deciphering the recognition signature within the cuticular chemical profile of paper wasps
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DOI：
10.1006/anbe.2001.1714
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发表时间：
2001-07-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Turillazzi, S
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作者：
Dani, FR;Jones, GR;Turillazzi, S
在社会性昆虫中，表皮碳氢化合物的混合物通常被认为是识别信息素。然而，关于单一化合物或不同类别的碳氢化合物的相对重要性的资料很少。我们测试了一系列的烯烃，甲基支链烷烃和直链烷烃的社会黄蜂Polistes dominulus的表皮配置文件中存在的nestmate识别的重要性。我们将碳氢化合物应用于活的黄蜂，并观察了一旦被处理的个体试图进入巢穴时巢友的行为。直链烷烃的识别响应没有影响，而黄蜂处理甲基支链烷烃或烯烃攻击。这是第一次系统评价烃类作为识别线索的作用，并开始定义识别签名内的表皮配置文件被视为模式生物的动物识别研究的属。(C)2001年，动物行为研究协会。
In social insects the mixture of cuticular hydrocarbons is generally considered to act as a recognition pheromone. However, little information exists on the relative importance of single compounds or of different classes of hydrocarbons. We tested the importance for nestmate recognition of a series of alkenes, methyl-branched alkanes and linear alkanes present in the cuticular profile of the social wasp Polistes dominulus. We applied the hydrocarbons on to live wasps and observed the behaviour of nestmates once the treated individual attempted to enter the nest. Linear alkanes had no effect upon the recognition response, whereas wasps treated with methyl-branched alkanes or alkenes were attacked. This is the first systematic evaluation of the role of hydrocarbon classes as recognition cues and begins to define the recognition signature within the cuticular profile for a genus regarded as a model organism for the study of recognition in animals. (C) 2001 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.