References and Selected Readings
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Bacala, R. 2000. In vitro studies of sex pheromone biosynthesis in the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Master of Science thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Birkhead, T. R. 1995. Sperm competition: evolutionary causes and consequences. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 7: 755-775.
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Carde, R. T., and A. K. Minks. 1997. Insect Pheromone Research: New Directions. Chapman and Hall, New York.
Delisle, J., Picimbon, J., and J. Simard. 2000. Regulation of pheromone inhibition in mated females of Choristoneura fumiferana and C. rosaceana. Journal of Insect Physiology. 46: 913-921
Drnevich, J. M., Hayes, E. F., and R. L. Rutowski. 2000. Sperm precedence, mating interval, and a novel mechanism of paternity bias in a beetle (Tenebrio molitor L.). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. 48: 447-451.
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Gage, J. G., and R. R. Baker. 1991. Ejaculate size varies with socio-sexual situation in an insect. Ecological Entomology. 16: 331-337
Galliard, T. and P. K. Stumpf. 1968. Radioactive long-chain S-acyl Coenzyme A (Enzymatic preparation). Biochemical Preparations. 12: 66-69.
Gerber, G. H. 1967. A possible mechanism for the regulation of the female reproductive cycle in Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Canadian Entomologist. 99 (12): 1298-1303.
Giebultowicz, J. M., Raina, A. K., and R. L. Ridgway. 1991. Role of the spermatheca in the termination of sex pheromone production in mated gypsy moth females. In Insect Chemical Ecology, ed. I. Hrdy, pp. 101-104. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague.
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Happ, G. M., and J. Wheeler. 1969. Bioassay, preliminary purification, and effect of age, crowding, and mating on the release of sex pheromone by female Tenebrio molitor. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 62 (4): 846-851.
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Islam, N., Bacala, R., Moore, A., and D. Vanderwel. 1999. Biosynthesis of 4-methyl-1-nonanol: female-produced sex pheromone of the Yellow Mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 29: 201-208.
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Kingan, T. G., Bodnar, W. M., Raina, A. K., Shabanowitz, J., and D. F. Hunt. 1995. The loss of female sex pheromone after mating in the corn earworm moth Helicoverpa zea: Identification of a male pheromonostatic peptide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92: 5082-5086.
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McNeil, J. M., Delisle, J., and M. Cusson. 1997. Regulation of pheromone production in Lepidoptera: the need for an ecological perspective. In: Carde, R.T., and A.K. Minks (Eds). Insect pheromone research: new directions. Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 31-41.
Menon, M. 1976. Hormone-pheromone relationships of male Tenebrio molitor. Journal of Insect Physiology. 22: 1021-1023.
Menon, M. 1970. Hormone-pheromone relationships in the beetle, Tenebrio molitor. Journal of Insect Physiology. 16: 1123-1139
Menon, M. D. and K. K. Nair. 1976. Age-dependent effects of synthetic juvenile hormone on pheromone synthesis in adult females of Tenebrio molitor. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 69 (3): 457-458.
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Raina, A. K. 1997. Control of pheromone production in moths. In: Carde, R.T., and A.K. Minks (Eds). Insect pheromone research: new directions. Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 21-30.
Raina, A. K. 1988. Selected factors influencing neurohormonal regulation of sex pheromone production in Heliothis species. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 14(11): 2063-2069.
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Schal, C., Liang, D., and G. J. Blomquist. 1997. Neural and endocrine control of pheromone production and release in cockroaches. In: Carde, R. T., and A. K. Minks (Eds). Insect pheromone research: new directions. Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 3-20.
Siva-Jothy, M. T., Blake, D. E., Thompson, J., and J. J. Ryder. 1996. Hort- and long-term sperm precedence in the beetle Tenebrio molitor: a test of the 'adaptive sperm removal' hypothesis. Physiological Entomology. 21: 313-316.
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