(Z)-Dodec-3-en-1-ol, a common major component of the trail-following pheromone in the termites Kalotermitidae |
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| Authors: | David Sillam-Dussès Etienne Sémon Alain Robert Christian Bordereau |
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| Institution: | (1) CNRS-UMR 5548, ‘Développement et Communication Chimique chez les Insectes’, Université de Bourgogne, 6 boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France;(2) Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic;(3) UMR 1129 ‘Flaveur, Vision et Comportement du Consommateur’ ENESAD, INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 17 rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France |
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| Abstract: | (Z)-Dodec-3-en-1-ol has been identified as the major component of the trail-following pheromone of nine species of Kalotermitidae
belonging to six different genera, suggesting that this compound represents a common signal in this family of termites. The
homogeneous nature of trail-following pheromones of Kalotermitidae well agrees with the monophyly of this family. It also
supports the postulated position of this family as a sister group of the Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae, which also secrete
C12-alcohols as trail-following pheromones. The significance of a trail pheromone in termites of the ‘one-piece’ life type,
which spend their whole life within the same piece of wood, is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Chemical communication ‘ One-piece’ life-type termites C12 alcohols Solid-phase microextraction Phylogeny |
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