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- The chemical composition of the mandibular gland secretion of Melipona bicolor lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): A comparative study among castes and sexes
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- Keele University
- 0103-5053
- The mandibular gland secretions of newly emerged, nurse and forager workers, virgin and physogastric queens and males of Melipona bicolor were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The secretion is composed of a blend of hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, and acids. The secretion is caste-sex specific and also differs with the tasks performed by the workers and the physiological reproductive condition of the queens.
- 1-Sep-2004
- Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 15, n. 5, p. 777-781, 2004.
- 777-781
- Caste
- GC-MS
- Mandibular glands
- Melipona bicolor
- Reproductive variation
- Sex
- acid
- alcohol derivative
- ester
- hydrocarbon
- pheromone
- animal caste
- chemical composition
- comparative study
- gas chromatography
- Hymenoptera
- mass spectrometry
- melipona bicolor
- nonhuman
- reproduction
- secretion
- sex difference
- submandibular gland
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-50532004000500027
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- http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/67859
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