Jeremy J. Heath, Aijun Zhang, Wendell L. Roelofs, Robert F. Smith
The flight activity of the apple leaf midge, Dasineura mali (Kieffer), was determined in the field and laboratory. Males and females began emerging at the onset of the photophase. In the field,...
Guixia Hao, Marion O'Connor, Weitian Liu, Wendell L. Roelofs
A delta11-desaturase gene was cloned from the sex pheromone gland of the obliquebanded leafroller moth, Choristoneura rosaceana. The desaturase cDNA sequence spans 1300 nucleotides with an open...
Dallerac, Renaud, Labeur, Carole, Jallon, Jean-Marc, Knipple, Douglas C., Roelofs, Wendell L., Wicker-Thomas, Claude
Drosophila melanogaster cuticular pheromones consist of unsaturated hydrocarbons with at least one double bond in position 7: 7 tricosene (T) in males and 7,11 heptacosadiene (HD) in females....
Knipple, Douglas C., Rosenfield, Claire-Lise, Miller, Stuart J., Liu, Weitian, Tang, Juliet, Ma, Peter W. K., ...
Desaturation of coenzyme-A esters of saturated fatty acids is a common feature of sex pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the Lepidoptera. The enzymes that catalyze this step share several biochemical...
Liu, Weitian, Jiao, Hongmei, Murray, Nancy C., O'Connor, Marion, Roelofs, Wendell L.
Moth species have evolved integral membrane desaturases that exhibit a wide diversity in substrate specificity, as well as in regiospecificity and stereospecificity of the unsaturated products. We...
Evolution of moth sex pheromones via ancestral genes
Roelofs, Wendell L., Liu, Weitian, Hao, Guixia, Jiao, Hongmei, Rooney, Alejandro P., Linn, Charles E.
Mate finding in most moth species involves long-distance signaling via female-emitted sex pheromones. There is a great diversity of pheromone structures used throughout the Lepidoptera, even among...
Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera
Roelofs, Wendell L., Rooney, Alejandro P.
A great diversity of pheromone structures are used by moth species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) for long-distance mating signals. The signal/response channel seems to be narrow for each species, and a...
Regulation of pheromone biosynthesis by a brain hormone in two moth species
Tang, Juliet D., Charlton, Ralph E., Jurenka, Russell A., Wolf, Walter A., Phelan, P. Larry, Sreng, Leam, ...
Experiments were performed to characterize the action of a brain hormone on pheromone biosynthesis in female redbanded leafroller and cabbage looper moths. Results showed that the two species...
Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera
Roelofs, Wendell L., Rooney, Alejandro P.
A great diversity of pheromone structures are used by moth species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) for long-distance mating signals. The signal/response channel seems to be narrow for each species, and a...
Hao, Guixia, O'Connor, Marion, Liu, Weitian, Roelofs, Wendell L
A ▵11-desaturase gene was cloned from the sex pheromone gland of the obliquebanded leafroller moth, Choristoneura rosaceana. The desaturase cDNA sequence spans 1300 nucleotides with an open reading...
Linn, Charles E., Dambroski, Hattie R., Feder, Jeffrey L., Berlocher, Stewart H., Nojima, Satoshi, Roelofs, Wendell L.
Rhagoletis pomonella is a model for sympatric speciation (divergence without geographic isolation) by means of host-plant shifts. Many Rhagoletis species are known to use fruit odor as a key...
Dallerac, Renaud, Labeur, Carole, Jallon, Jean-Marc, Knipple, Douglas C., Roelofs, Wendell L., Wicker-Thomas, Claude
Drosophila melanogaster cuticular pheromones consist of unsaturated hydrocarbons with at least one double bond in position 7: 7 tricosene (T) in males and 7,11 heptacosadiene (HD) in females....
Knipple, Douglas C., Rosenfield, Claire-Lise, Miller, Stuart J., Liu, Weitian, Tang, Juliet, Ma, Peter W. K., ...
Desaturation of coenzyme-A esters of saturated fatty acids is a common feature of sex pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the Lepidoptera. The enzymes that catalyze this step share several biochemical...
Liu, Weitian, Jiao, Hongmei, Murray, Nancy C., O'Connor, Marion, Roelofs, Wendell L.
Moth species have evolved integral membrane desaturases that exhibit a wide diversity in substrate specificity, as well as in regiospecificity and stereospecificity of the unsaturated products. We...
Evolution of moth sex pheromones via ancestral genes
Roelofs, Wendell L., Liu, Weitian, Hao, Guixia, Jiao, Hongmei, Rooney, Alejandro P., Linn, Charles E.
Mate finding in most moth species involves long-distance signaling via female-emitted sex pheromones. There is a great diversity of pheromone structures used throughout the Lepidoptera, even among...
Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera
Roelofs, Wendell L., Rooney, Alejandro P.
A great diversity of pheromone structures are used by moth species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) for long-distance mating signals. The signal/response channel seems to be narrow for each species, and a...
Regulation of pheromone biosynthesis by a brain hormone in two moth species
Tang, Juliet D., Charlton, Ralph E., Jurenka, Russell A., Wolf, Walter A., Phelan, P. Larry, Sreng, Leam, ...
Experiments were performed to characterize the action of a brain hormone on pheromone biosynthesis in female redbanded leafroller and cabbage looper moths. Results showed that the two species...
Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera
Roelofs, Wendell L., Rooney, Alejandro P.
A great diversity of pheromone structures are used by moth species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) for long-distance mating signals. The signal/response channel seems to be narrow for each species, and a...
Hao, Guixia, O'Connor, Marion, Liu, Weitian, Roelofs, Wendell L
A ▵11-desaturase gene was cloned from the sex pheromone gland of the obliquebanded leafroller moth, Choristoneura rosaceana. The desaturase cDNA sequence spans 1300 nucleotides with an open reading...
Linn, Charles E., Dambroski, Hattie R., Feder, Jeffrey L., Berlocher, Stewart H., Nojima, Satoshi, Roelofs, Wendell L.
Rhagoletis pomonella is a model for sympatric speciation (divergence without geographic isolation) by means of host-plant shifts. Many Rhagoletis species are known to use fruit odor as a key...
Xue, Bingye, Rooney, Alejandro P., Kajikawa, Masaki, Okada, Norihiro, Roelofs, Wendell L.
The biosynthesis of female moth sex pheromone blends is controlled by a number of different enzymes, many of which are encoded by members of multigene families. One such multigene family, the...